Breaking! LaGuardia's Delta Terminal evacuated

[Coexist]

no details yet.

[TomInTib]

1. Someone took off at Security, left their shoes. n/t

[Bluebear]

3. Condi, come back now, yahear? We know you've been shopping again!

[Coexist]

5. so they SHUT DOWN the terminal??!

Please, Leslie - tell us the size and make!

[incapsulated]

7. I thought you were joking!

That's really what happened, they left their shoes and ran away, lol!

[TomInTib]

14. And you just KNOW how dangerous a guy in socks can be on a

polished floor.

Those lazy asses that work for DHS cannot catch their own shadows.

[MuseRider]

16. Thank you.

I do not care if I just sprayed my monitor, that was funny.

[LisaM]

2. Due to Bush's dip in the polls

We must immediately evacuate LaGuardia airport.....

[babylonsister]

4. Does seem a bit suspect; terra, anyone? nt

[Bluebear]

17. Plus we "insulted" the UAE, very harmful to the war on terra

NOW see what we've done?

[negativenihil]

6. source? n/t

[Coexist]

8. CNN - they just discussed it on Blitzer's show

It really was someone leaving their Size 10s.

[aquart]

15. Male or female?

If they were stilettos, anyone would rather go barefoot.

[hippiechick]

9. It's only terra if the shoes are REALLY smelly ...

[Bluebear]

18. hehehehehehe

[MadMaddie]

10. Boy that airport security is top notch isn't it...?

[Earth_First]

11. Sh*t! My wife is due home tonight from Atlanta on Delta through New York

Hope this does not affect her arrival home tonight...

[Coexist]

13. sorry -

[Bluebear]

19. Check delta.com

for flight numbers. Good luck friend!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

12. They shut down PDX a few days ago for the same thing....

A stupid reason. Turned out to be 'an electronic golfing device'in someones suitcase. Think it's the same guy on his way back home? Maybe this time it IS a bag of Dildos! (ya gotta read the thread to get that one)

Suspicious bag prompts evacuation at PDX
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[Bluebear]

20. Link now

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060310/ts_nm/security_lagu...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Officials shut down and evacuated part of the Delta Air Lines terminal at New York's LaGuardia Airport on Friday after a man's shoes set off an alarm for explosives residue, officials said.

The man was allowed to leave the security area before the security alert was resolved, an official of the Transportation Security Administration in Washington said, and authorities were searching for him.

A witness told CNN that 600 to 700 people were evacuated from the terminal.

The Transportation Security Administration official said just before 3 p.m., a male passenger going through a security checkpoint at the Delta terminal set off a general alert calling for a more thorough examination.

The man removed his shoes for a screening, which detected the possible presence of explosives residue. The man apparently then proceeded beyond the security checkpoint, the
TSA spokesman said. It was unclear why he was allowed to go on.