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Title: Bomb squad evacuates NYC airport terminal
Post by: jimmy olsen on August 01, 2009, 08:34:52 AM
Glad I'm not flying today, it must be a clusterfuck of delays.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32248420/ns/us_news-security/

QuoteBomb squad evacuates NYC airport terminal
Police arrest man in LaGuardia's main terminal, search his bag

BREAKING NEWS
updated 1 hour, 4 minutes ago

NEW YORK - A main terminal of LaGuardia Airport in New York City was evacuated and a police bomb squad arrested a man and was searching his bag, authorities said Saturday.

John Kelly, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, said the airport's main terminal building was evacuated shortly after 5:30 a.m. Saturday. He didn't know how many passengers were there at the time.

Kelly said one man is in custody. He said Port Authority and the city police department's bomb squad were investigating the man's bag.

The NYPD was not commenting on the arrest.

Editor's note: This is a breaking news story. Please check back for details.
Title: Re: Bomb squad evacuates NYC airport terminal
Post by: Razgovory on August 01, 2009, 06:12:06 PM
CNN had the headline on their webpage that a "Man with wires and batteries caused the evacuation of an airport".  I figured it was a cyborg attack.
Title: Re: Bomb squad evacuates NYC airport terminal
Post by: Caliga on August 03, 2009, 08:16:21 AM
Meh, it was just some insane homeless dude.
Title: Re: Bomb squad evacuates NYC airport terminal
Post by: jimmy olsen on August 03, 2009, 08:50:18 AM
Quote from: Caliga on August 03, 2009, 08:16:21 AM
Meh, it was just some insane homeless dude.

Must have been scary as hell for that cop though.