The Unusual Suspects
It happened again over the weekend. At JFK, a Haitian man and part time NYC resident, perhaps understandably disoriented leaving his earthquake-ravaged country a few hours earlier, walked into a restricted area at the airport after not seeing a sign barring access. You know what happened then: Terminal 8 went into lockdown, flights were delayed for over two hours, people who had already been screened by security had to be rescreened. I believe the operative word on the news is “chaos.” The reason the errant gentleman claims he went out the wrong door? He thought it was the way to find a taxi.
Now go back two weeks, to Newark Airport. A man walked past a security checkpoint when the guard strolled away briefly, shutting down an entire terminal for six hours. The reason this guy went in the out door, or out the in door, or whatever? To exchange a few more hugs and kisses with his departing sweetheart. (Some reports likened it to the final scene in “Casablanca,” when Humphrey Bogart bade farewell to Ingrid Bergman in the moments before she would fly out of his life forever. After all, Bogart’s character, Rick, was flaunting Nazi security procedures to get Ilsa, Bergman’s character, on board the plane. No doubt his actions would have resulted in numerous delays to flights leaving Casablanca later that night, and Rick surely would have faced trespassing charges at the minimum had he not shot the Nazi major who was arriving to address the security breach).
So one man shuts down an airport terminal looking for a cab, another does it looking for a kiss. We don’t need more body scanners to protect the nation’s airport security system. We need more people who can read signs. Here’s looking at them, kids.
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Comments: 8
I think people are going to do whatever they think they can get away with. That's human nature. The real problem is with the security personnel who aren't doing their jobs. They are the ones to blame for all of the ensuing chaos.
I know this is off topic, but there seemed to have been a little tension between you and Kaity tonight. I am just wondering, something seemed different in the news cast.
Thanks.
Ditto Tariq, I had to pause and rewind my DVR a few times. At the end of it, by 10:32 when I was done rewinding, I realized there were some cameraman issues and I think that Jim might have been a little sick. Seemed like he had trouble breathing and was taking a few deep breaths?? Hope you feel better Jim. Definitely not tension between Kaity and Jim, the Camera an/women was screwing up and that threw them off a bit.
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Casey
I disegree. I think that people do read sighns pretty well but they sometimes confuse you. After a long flight people just wanna go home. Also I think we need more polite people such as airport crews who can be there and politely answer your question and not bark at you when you ask for help on how to get somewhere.
Hi, Folks.. to settle the question a couple of you raised... no, there was by no means any tension between Kaity and me... we were frustrated by some control room confusion about who was supposed to be on camera for particular stories... and, yes, I might have done some overly-dramatic heavy sighing as a soundtrack to that-- but there was no tension of any kind between me and my wonderful co-anchor. And the best part about working with Kaity? There never is! We're 11-years together and counting, and we still enjoy each other's company and friendship every night...
I saw the newscast this morning about the new Lexus so I figured I would through some interesting info.
At $375,000 the new Lexus LFA is definitely out of reach for just about 99% of the American population. The price is not the only thing ridiculous, Lexus also will require purchase by invitation only, usually the people that have owned certain models in the past. However in 2002-2004 Ferrari introduced a great car by the name of Enzo, which in many ways outdoes the LFA. First of all the Enzo will top out at nearly 20 mph faster than the LFA. There were only 400 made in between 02-04. Ferrari also required certain makes of vehicles to be owned previously to get a shot at owning one of the Enzos. Meanwhile there is no comparison in sticker price of around $650,000 and the new owner was required to sign a contract restricting the owner to not sell with in a full year. Ferrari did this because the owners can now sell the car for $1Million plus.
You can never have too much security in the world climate in which we live.
Good sharing!
I don’t know whether you can read this message, but I think I should tell you something about my attitude for you! I am so grateful.