BE30 CREW HAD A SHATTERED WINDSHIELD. THE CREW MADE AN EMER DSCNT AND LANDED AT THE NEAREST SUITABLE ARPT.

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WE WERE IN CRUISE FLT AT FL200 WHEN THE CO-PLT'S WINDSHIELD SHATTERED. I WAS THE PF AND THE CAPT. WE DONNED OUR OXYGEN MASKS; INITIATED AN EMER DSCNT; AND THEN RADIOED ZOB AND DECLARED AN EMER. WE WERE CLRED DIRECTLY TO DTW AND TOLD TO MAINTAIN AN ALT OF 17000 FT. WE INFORMED ATC THAT WE WOULD LIKE A LOWER ALT DUE TO OUR PRESSURIZATION CONCERNS. WE WERE THEN CLRED TO 10000 FT. WE CONTINUED OUR DSCNT AND PROCEEDED DIRECTLY TO DTW. WE PERFORMED OUR SHATTERED WINDSHIELD CHKLIST ALONG WITH OUR NORMAL DSCNT CHKLIST. IT APPEARED THAT THE INNER PORTION OF THE WINDSHIELD WAS THE ONE THAT WAS SHATTERED AND WE DETERMINED THAT RETURNING TO DTW WAS A VIABLE OPTION. WE LANDED ON RWY 27L AT DTW AND TAXIED TO OUR HANGAR WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. WE HAD 4 PAX ON BOARD AND 4 HRS OF FUEL. WE FELT THAT WE HANDLED THIS SIT THE BEST WAY THAT WE COULD AND WERE COMFORTABLE WITH THE ACTIONS THAT WERE TAKEN BY BOTH CREW AND ATC. THE ONLY SAFETY CONCERN THAT WE HAD; OTHER THAN THAT OF OUR ACFT; WAS THE FACT THAT WE DSNDED FROM OUR CLRED ALT OF FL200 TO DEAL WITH OUR EMER BEFORE WE CONTACTED ZOB. THE TCASII WAS LOOKED AT BEFORE WE STARTED THE DSCNT AND THERE WAS NO IMMEDIATE CONFLICTING TFC. WE CONTACTED ZOB AS SOON AS WE HAD OUR OXYGEN MASKS ON. THERE WERE NO OTHER SAFETY CONCERNS OTHER THAN OUR WINDSHIELD.