The FBI announced the suspicious white powder mailed to different locations in New York and around the Metlife stadium in New Jersey seem to be non-hazardous, according to initial tests, the Associated Press reported.
The powder was mailed to five hotels near the stadium where the Super Bowl will take place and to the business of former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, according to the AP.
A worker at Giuliani's business opened the letter around 10:30 a.m. on Friday and said powder fell out. The powder was found to be nonhazardous but eight mailroom workers were evaluated anyway, according to the AP.
Carlstadt Police Detective John Cleary said other letters arrives at an Econo Lodge in Carlstadt, a Homestead Suites hotel in East Rutherford and a Renaissance Inn in Rutherford, the AP reported.
Others were on there way to a Holiday Inn Express and Hampton Inn in Carlstadt, but investigators intercepted the letters before they could arrive at their destination, according to the AP.
Thomas Martucci, general manager at Homewood Suites, said a letter sent to the motel had a yellow substance along with a typed letter referring to al-Qaida and the Dallas FBI, the AP reported. Matucci said "it was nonsense."
The FBI said they will continue to test all the letters sent with the powder but so far it is all "within normal values," according to the AP.
The powder sent with one of the letters was reported as testing positive for baking soda, but authorities did not make clear where that specific letter was heading, the AP reported.
Those who came into contact with the letters or the powder were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center for evaluations but no illness or injuries have been reported, according to the AP.
According to Lauren Wallace who was staying at the Homewood Suites when the letters arrived, hazardous-material trucks could be seen outside the hotel around 11 a.m., and she was told to remain in her suite for about 40 minutes, the AP reported.
