This from MSNBC:
Frightened commuters flee
after smoke pours from student's backpack
after smoke pours from student's backpack
NEW YORK - A college student has apologized for causing a scare on a subway train when his science project short-circuited and started smoking in his backpack.
Gregory Kats, 29, said the device was just a model of an elevator's inner workings. But it frightened passengers Thursday on the New York City subway.
Kats said he tried to reassure his fellow passengers that it was a school project — not a bomb — but people scrambled for the exits nonetheless. The box he was holding had a small battery, wires and a motor....
