Were any people injured in the Aspen Colorado bomb scare?”
CNN article: January 1, 2009 — Updated 0042 GMT (0842 HKT) Aspen bombs wrapped like Christmas gifts, police say ASPEN, Colorado (CNN) — A man delivered bombs wrapped as Christmas presents to two banks Wednesday along with a note threatening “mass death” if they did not turn over tens of thousands of dollars, police in Aspen, Colorado, said Thursday. Authorities were quickly alerted, and the man apparently halted his plan, leaving two bombs that were intended for other banks in an alley, police said. “You had better be a very cool individual and not start a panic or many in Aspen will pay a horrible price in blood,” said the note, which was released by police. The man, identified as James Blanning, 72, who had had previous run-ins with law enforcement, was later found dead after apparently shooting himself, police said. His body was found in his car in a rural area east of Aspen. “At this point, we believe Blanning was acting alone,” Aspen Assistant Police Chief Bill Linn said Thursda
