WASHINGTON — Baltimore police responded to an unusual call for service Thursday night — an ATM that tumbled in to the Inner Harbor during intense storms.
On Thursday afternoon, powerful storms swept through the region and blew an ATM from the nearby Light the City event into the water. The department’s marine unit responded later in the evening and pulled it out of the water.
The team of several divers and officers retrieved the ATM, hooked it to a boat and pulled it out of the water, said Detective Jeremy Silbert with the Baltimore police.
He said it’s important to pull out large items in the harbor because if the current changes, it could move and possibly damage boats and piers.
While the marine unit has retrieved cars and other large things from the water, an ATM may be a first, he said.
“Definitely an unusual call — it’s the first time in as long as I can think of that we’ve had to pull out an ATM,” Silbert said.
The storms left damage in its wake Thursday, tearing the roof off a D.C. church, toppling trees around the region and destroying cherry trees on D.C.’s Tidal Basin. The National Weather Service confirmed that at least two weak tornadoes touched down early Thursday afternoon, in Herndon, Virginia, and Southeast D.C.
