SHANKSVILLE, Pa. -- Pennsylvania State Police reported that a suspicious cooler was found Monday near the memorial site of the Flight 93 crash in Shanksville.
According to state police, the Somerset Volunteer Fire Department's hazardous materials team removed the package at 9 a.m. Monday. The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms was also summoned to the site.
The contents were identified as two cylinders marked "Three Mile Island," which is the name of the nuclear plant near Harrisburg. Police said the materials were not explosives.
It was found about 9 p.m. Sunday by a visitor at the memorial site, which overlooks the reclaimed strip mine where hijacked Flight 93 crashed Sept. 11, killing the 40 passengers and crew.
A spokesman for AmerGen, the energy company that owns and operates Three Mile Island Unit 1, said two radiation detection devices were stolen from an environmental monitoring station near the Three Mile Island Visitor Center property.
A spokesman with the state Department of Environmental Protection said the charcoal-filled radon canisters were similar to those used in homes to detect radon.
The site was closed to the public on Monday, but was being prepared for Wednesday's commemorative services.
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