Toronto’s transit organization has apologized after inadvertently naming an upcoming emergency exercise after a notorious bombing campaign in the Vietnam War.
The Toronto Transit Commission had called the exercises for first responders simulating an emergency at two new subway stations “Rolling Thunder.”
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Operation Rolling Thunder was the name the United States used for an extensive aerial bombing campaign of North Vietnam in the late 1960s.
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TTC spokesman Brad Ross says they changed the name immediately after they were notified of its connotations.
He says it wasn’t a deliberate choice, but says the TTC apologizes unreservedly.
The TTC plans to open six new stations in mid-December.
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