A pair of bolt cutters
- "I know how to use bolt cutters."
- –Lauren Proctor, "Day 1: 8:00am-9:00am"
Bolt cutters were a tool used for cutting metal objects, typically chains and padlocks. They had short blades and two large handles, and were sometimes mistaken for hedge trimmers.
On Day 1, Lauren Proctor—taken hostage by Jack Bauer—was asked to retrieve a pair of bolt cutters and use them to cut her captor's handcuffs. ("Day 1: 8:00am-9:00am")
Dar would employ bolt cutters for stealing the briefcase housing the Dobson Override, which was handcuffed to its carrier's wrist. ("Day 4: 7:00am-8:00am")
Bolt cutters would later be used by Customs and Border Protection agents on Day 5, specifically to break the lock on a shipping container where 20 canisters of Sentox nerve gas were supposedly stored. ("Day 5: 2:00pm-3:00pm")