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Alleged Nutter With Fake Bomb Causes LaGuardia Evacuation

August 1, 2009 at 11:25 AM | by | Comment (1)

An apparently mentally disturbed man caused the evacuation of LaGuardia Airport's main terminal for a few hours this morning when TSA authorities discovered a fake bomb in his bag. The AP reports that throngs of passengers were cleared from the terminal at 5:30 a.m. as swarms of cops took the man, whose name was not released, into custody for having "a few batteries and wires" that resembled a bomb at the security area of the Terminal C concourse. He "was just acting crazy," said one official, who didn't say if the man had made a specific threat.

The terminal was reopened around 9:00 a.m., but the delay was enough to royally screw up scores of people's summer vacation plans. It's good, of course, that it wasn't a real bomb, but it's a shame that one (alleged) nut has the power to create such chaos. Since LaGuardia is my nearest airport, I'm glad I'm not flying anywhere today. For those who are, go easy on the Cinnabons as you wait for your flight to be rescheduled.

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I got caught in it

I was supposed to fly into LGA this morning (and eventually did after an hour and a half delay). The really funny thing was that the airline employees would only there was "a delay" or "a situation" when CNN was on in the airport showing footage of an empty LaGuardia, description of the suspect, etc.

By the time I got there the main terminal was back to normal, except that TSA blueshirts lined all the hallways like a welcome brigade. I felt like Annie on her first trip to the Warbucks mansion.
egw on August 1, 2009 at 2:27 PM #Permalink

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