Shortly after 10 a.m. ET on Wednesday, CNN evacuated its staff from its New York headquarters after a suspected pipe bomb was delivered to the building. The device came in a parcel along with a still-unidentified white powder and was addressed to former CIA director (and MSNBC contributor) John Brennan.
Over the next several hours, CNN managed to remain on the air as the network’s live feed jumped between anchors in Washington, D.C., and New York City — with Big Apple reporters doing the bulk of their work from phones and hot-spot connections on Manhattan city streets.
“We always have a studio that is ready to go on air at any moment,” a CNN insider familiar with logistics at the company told TheWrap.