>> BLIZZARDS, TORNADOES, FLOODS.
HIGH PROFILE EVENTS.
THAT IS WHEN THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY GOES INTO HIGH GEAR.
BURIED UNDERGROUND.
>> THE OPERATIONS OF CENTER, AND A BUNKER.
SAFE AND SECURE FROM ANY THREAT.
>> THE FACILITY WAS BUILT IN THE EARLY 1960’S AS A COMMAND BUNKER FOR THE STATE.
AND THEN PRESIDENT KENNEDY ALLOCATED MONEY TO BUILD THIS FACILITY.
>> THIS WAS THE FIRST OF WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ONE IN EVERY STATE.
THE PRESIDENT INSCRIBED THIS PHOTO.
THE ACCOMPANYING LETTER IS THE NOVEMBER 22, THE DAY JFK WAS ASSASSINATED.
>> SOME OF THE FUNDING DISAPPEARED AFTER HIS DEATH.
ONLY YOU WERE BUILT WITH FEDERAL MONEY.
>> IT BUILDS 20 -- OPERATES 24-7, 365 DAYS A YEAR.
>> WE HAVE A PHONE FROM LOGAN AIRPORT, WHEN THEY HAVE AN EVENT.
MORE OFTEN, AND ALERT.
SIRENS.
SEABROOK NUCLEAR POWER PLANT.
>> THE FALSE MISSILE ALERT IN HAWAII PUT EVERYONE ON NOTICE.
>> WE HAVE TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
OUR TESTING PLATFORM IS ON A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SYSTEM.
IF SOMEBODY IS INTENDING TO DO A TEST, THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY OF CLICKING A WRONG BUTTON AND SENDING OUT AN ALERT LIVE.
>> YOU MENTIONED IT WAS BUILT FOR THE COLD WAR.
>> HOPE I DON’T HAVE TO FIND THAT OUT.
IT IS A SECURE FACILITY.
WE ARE UNDERGROUND, ENCASED IN CONCRETE.
WE MAINTAIN FOOD FOR 10 DAYS OR SO RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE BUNK ROOMS.
>> HERE IN THE BOWELS OF THE BUNKER, TWO OF EVERYTHING NEEDED TO SURVIVE.
DESIGNED FOR EVERY EVENTUALITY.
IT EVEN INCLUDES A MORGUE.
>> IT IS ALSO THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER FOR THE GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, CABINET, KEY STAFFERS.
IF WE THINK THERE MAY BE A SITUATION WHERE MULTIPLE STATE AGENCIES OR CITIES AND TOWNS ARE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH AN INCIDENT OR EVENT, WE WILL STAND UP TO SERVE AS A COORDINATION
BODY.
FOR THE BOSTON MARATHON, THE COMMAND CENTER WILL BE ABOUT 300 PEOPLE.
50-60 AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS.
>> HISTORY LOVERS, LISTEN UP.
THIS OLD HOUSE HAS STORIES TO TELL.
THE GETTING WITH THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS.
WE ARE IN FRAMINGHAM, WHERE THEY CAME IN 1693, FLEEING THE HIGHEST AREA.
>> -- HYSTERIA.
>> HER TWO SISTERS WERE HUNG.
>> A SYMPATHETIC THOMAS DANFORTH OFFERED LAND.
IN SALEM, THE CLAYS WERE KNOWN AS -- >> SHE PROBABLY CHANGED HER NAME BECAUSE SHE DID NOT WANT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH QUALITIES -- CLOYS.
>> IT IS NOT WITHOUT CLUES TO THE STORIED PAST.
HAVE A LOOK.
>> THERE ARE STORIES OF HER HAVING TO STAY IN THE HOUSE.
HAVING TO FIND PASSAGEWAYS TO GET WATER.
SO SHE DID NOT HAVE TO BE SEEN OUTSIDE.
ONE CAN IMAGINE HOW FEARFUL SHE WAS.
>> I WISH YOU COULD DO IT ON STONES TO FIND OUT WHEN THE STONES WERE PLACED HERE.
EXPERTS HAVE SAID THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A CRAZY AND INTRICATE CHIMNEY SYSTEM SO THERE IS A LOT OF MYSTERY.
>> MYSTERIOUS POCKETS.
>> THE LISTING FOR THE HISTORICAL COMMISSION SAYS IT WAS BELIEVED TO BE ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.
THERE IS A CAVITY WITH WILD CHIMNEYS.
YOU COULD GO FROM THE BASEMENT TO THE ATTIC.
>> IT MAY NOT APPEAR SO TODAY, BUT THE FIGHT TO SAVE THIS HOUSE AND THE STORIES IT HARBORS HAS A HAPPY ENDING.
>> THEY PUT A PRESERVATION COPY AT ON IT -- CAVEAT ON IT.
THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO SELL IT TO SOMEONE WITH AN APPRECIATION FOR OLD HOUSES.
SO PEOPLE CANNOT ALTER THE MOST HISTORIC PARTS OF THE HOUSE.
IT IS VERY UNUSUAL.
ONE REASON WHY WE HAD TO SAVE THIS HOUSE.
>> SPEAKEASY OR SPEAK LOUDLY.
>> WE ARE