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Construction Workers Discover Cold War-Era Fallout Shelter

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Feb 2, 2012 11:20PM

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Just a few items you'll need for your zombie apocalypse defense shelter.

Construction workers in the Loop broke down a wall and discovered a fallout shelter from 1962. The relic adjacent to Lower Wacker Drive contained barrels of water, medicine and all the necessities to survive nuclear warfare. ABC7 writes:

"Well, inside here is a complete kit for making a portable bathroom. Complete instructions on how to use it," Cliff Olszewski, assistant director of Wacker Drive Reconstruction Project, said. "Toilet paper, tissue."

In the video below a construction worker tries a "survival biscuit" that is now 50 years old. Brave man.