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Attention. A severe accident has been reported on the installation,&#8221; the loudspeaker known among Navy officials as the &#8220;Giant Voice&#8221; blared. \u00a0<br\/><br\/>It was a false alarm \u2013 everything was fine aboard the Naval Observatory.<br\/><br\/> The alarm sounded just as an active shooter drill on the other side of Washington at the Navy Yard was coming to an end, according to the Post. <br\/><br\/>The planned drill was a training exercise in how to react in an active shooter situation, and had been announced on social media to prevent panic. <br\/><br\/>A gunman fatally shot 12 people and injured 3 others at the Navy Yard in 2012, before being killed by police.<br\/><br\/> &#8220;When we were concluding the exercise [at the Navy Yard], our giant voice was saying &#8216;All clear. All clear,'&#8221; Chatney Auger, a spokeswoman for the Navy District Washington office told the Washington Post. &#8220;That affected the Naval Observatory.&#8221;<br\/><br\/> The cause for the glitch is unknown, according to officials, and they are investigating the problem further. <br\/><br\/>\u00a0<br\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technical glitch aboard Naval Observatory causes alarm as active shooter drill winds 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