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Update: Airport back to normal after 'security incident'
8:48 AM Tue, Jan 20, 2009 | Permalink
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WARWICK — Operations appear normal now at T.F. Green Airport after
a man was taken into custody when a "suspicious item" was found in his
carry-on bag at about 5:30 a.m.
The second floor of the main terminal was cleared of passengers and
a bomb squad from the state Fire Marshal's Office removed the item,
which was later found to be safe, said Joseph Salter, federal security
director at Green for the Transportation Security Administration.
"It was not explosive," Salter said.
Salter would not identify the item, release the man's name or
provide any more information on his identity. The man is being
questioned by the police, including federal officials, Salter said.
Salter said other passengers were cleared from the main terminal
security checkpoint area and moved downstairs. Some waited outside.
The airport police requested assistance this morning from the state
police, who received word around 7 a.m. that their assistance was no
longer needed, according to the state police.
As of 7:50 a.m., the situation at Green appeared to be returning to
normal. A line of passengers was moving through security relatively
quickly. Only 10 minutes earlier, the line had snaked through the
terminal, ending near entrance doors.
Bill McInnis, who is returning to Sioux City, Iowa, after visiting
his son in Warwick, said he saw a bomb squad when he arrived at the
airport around 7 a.m.
Salter acknowledged that some passengers might have missed flights
or been delayed, but, he said, if a mistake is to be made, it would be
made on the side of safety.
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Want to know what the "suspicious item" was that caused all this commotion?
A cd case that said something like if you touch this it will blow up…..
Yup.
It's true.
Swear to God.
Now you want to know how I know it's true?
Remember the FBI guy and his wife in Alaska?
It's my connection with him, so I know everything now.
Nah, just kidding….
This was my cousin!!!
Poor guy was just trying to get home after visiting for a week….
Unfreakingbelievable!
We are laughing about it now but I tell you, at the time….we were so not.
It was ridiculous and such a friggin' overreaction it's not even funny.
I mean come on….if I'm trying to board a plane with explosives do you really think I'm going to mark the fucking cd case with "explosive"??? How stupid is that??
Wouldn't you mark it "rainbows & butterflies" or "soft soothing music"….or "gay man's guide to anal sex."
<shaking head>
Unreal and if it didn't happen to someone I know, I would swear there was more to the story…no way would I believe this really happened….
But, it did.
For real.
Nice, huh?
Some FBI guy that was talking to my cousin Billiejo while trying to figure everything out that happened with my detained cousin, told her that some mayor wound up missing his flight to the inauguration because of all this hoopla…..maybe someone should've warned Seany not to fly today, of all days.
Oh and get this…they refused to return his cds and case and his cd player.
Refused.
AFTER they found it to be safe.
How the hell is that not stealing??
Cause you know some TSA agent took off with that shit….what jerks.
I'm saving my love/loathe list for tomorrow.
This was way more interesting to post about!
Anything But Gray 