Posted on 08/01/2009 4:32:43 AM PDT by maquiladora
NEW YORK (CNN) — Authorities have evacuated a concourse of New York’s LaGuardia Airport, a port authority official said Saturday.
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JUST IN -- BNO News confirms a suspicious person has been detained at LaGuardia airport in New York; suspicious package being investigated.3 minutes ago from BNO Headquarters
JUST IN -- Authorities have evacuated a part of New York's LaGuardia Airport due to a suspicious package. Details are still sketchy.30 minutes ago from BNO Headquarters
FNC remains, as always, blissfully ignorant....
KEEP US UPDATED, PLEASE..
From the BNO Newsroom.
NEW YORK CITY (BNO NEWS) — An American Airlines terminal at New York’s LaGuardia airport was evacuated on Saturday morning, officials told BNO News.
The evacuation was ordered around 6.15 a.m. local time when officers detained a suspicious person carrying a suspicious package, an official with the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Hundreds of people were seen outside the building as all flights were canceled at the airport. As of 7.30 a.m. local time, no planes were taking off and all incoming planes were being diverted.
The suspicious package is being investigated at this time.
This breaking news story will be updated.
Posted: Saturday, 01 August 2009 7:30AM
La Guardia Evacuated
NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Authorities evacuated the main terminal at La Guardia airport Saturday morning.
The central terminal was evacuated after a man claimed to have an explosive device in his satchel.
The Port Authority tells 1010WINS the man is in custody - and that the Bomb Squad and Port Authority Police are investigating the man’s bag.
Flights into the airport were delayed or diverted Saturday morning. Check with your carrier if you are traveling from La Guardia.
When it turned out to be a Muzzie, President Obama said the FAA acted stupidly profiling the poor passenger. Now the FAA will have to go to the White House for a beer with Obama and the terrorist so they can agree to disagree.
Sounds like we have one of those idiots who decides to make a "joke" about carrying a bomb.
Update
...A police source said the scare started when passengers pointed out an apparently drunk man to cops in the terminal. When officers approached him, he said he had a bomb in his bag, a source said. There was a homemade device inside rigged up to look like a bomb, but it appears to be a fake....
“Sounds like we have one of those idiots who decides to make a “joke” about carrying a bomb. “
Let’s hope that’s all it is. I doubt a real threater would boast such a claim.
Maybe the President needs to invite this guy and the arresting officer to the White House for a beer. Could be another Teachable Moment...
I’d beat him if he didn’t have a bomb.
Turned out to be Kramer, trying to get his 240 bucks back from Grossbard.
Calls to mind the great line from Dean Martin...
"I feel sorry for people who don't drink, because when they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're gonna feel for the rest of the day..."
Back in the 70’s you couldn’t greet a friend at an airport by saying “Hi Jack.”
LaGuardia Airport’s central terminal was evacuated Saturday morning because of a bomb square.
A police source said the scare started when passengers pointed out an apparently drunk man to cops in the terminal. When officers approached him, he said he had a bomb in his bag, a source said. There was a homemade device inside rigged up to look like a bomb, but it appears to be a fake.
While the NYPD Bomb Squad inspected the device, the terminal was evacuated.
Sorry for the triple link. It was a pre-coffee post.
Police called it the Obama bomb.
lol Still not a good idea!
8:30 a.m. Airport still closed.
Jackass said he had a bomb.
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