Tragically, there have been numerous incidents where these grenades have exploded, resulting in casualties, typically among unsuspecting family members who inadvertently triggered the device. Fortunately, there are exceptions to this alarming trend. Take, for instance, a woman who stumbled upon a live grenade while sorting through her late father's belongings. Rather than risking a catastrophic accident, she wisely took precautions and promptly alerted the authorities.
We could all learn a valuable lesson from her prudent actions. If ever faced with the discovery of a grenade, it's imperative not to handle it and instead contact the appropriate authorities trained to safely manage such hazardous weapons.
From Montreal CTV News:
Kedrin Simms Brachman said she was going through the Eastern Townships home when she found it in a toolbox.
"We went into his tool room, which was always, like, nobody ever went into his tool room. That was a sacred place," she said. I was looking for something, and then I opened up the toolbox, and there was a grenade."
Simms Brachman said she wasn't immediately sure what the best course of action was and called her stepsister in from another room.
"I'm like, what do we do with it? Do we pick it up? Do we drive it to the police? You know, how do we take care of it?" she said. "I don't want to touch this thing. It's a grenade."
They didn't touch it – instead, they called the provincial police (Sûreté du Québec) non-emergency line and reported their finding. They were immediately transferred to the emergency line.
"They said, 'Okay, are you guys not touching it?' I said, 'No, we're not touching it. We don't want anything to do with it. Please come get it,'" she recalled.
An SQ officer arrived at the home, and after sending pictures to his supervisors, told Simms Brachman it appeared to be an antique grenade. He would need to call in the Canadian Armed Forces.
As they waited for the army to arrive, the SQ officer told her, "Don't go down and touch it."
"And I said no plans on touching it. No plan," she said. "I wanted it out of the house."
