[PapayaTapper]

(07-24-2014 02:16 PM)Sourcecode Wrote:  

I know its a different story.. but remember flight tickets right after 9/11

no one wanted to fly...you could damn near reach in the garbage and get a plane ticket

True...I flew LA to Paris in Dec 01 for like $500. It was a 747 with about 30 people on it. That was in business class too. About 3 rows ahead of me were Liv Tyler , Sean Bean and his son on their way back from New Zealand where they'd been filming one of the LOTR movies. The next day was when the shoe bomber guy was on a flight from Paris to Miami.

Everybody was freaked the fuck out.

On my return flight a few weeks later there were two "bomb scares" at the airport. Each time someone put down a duffle bag or back pack and left it there too long. This french swat-like bomb squad would rush in and throw this heavy ass dog sized igloo over the suspected "bomb" while clearing out the entire terminal. Then like an hour later youd hear the muffled "whoomp" where theyd try to detonate the bag under the igloo with some type of charge. 30 min later theyd let every one back in to the terminal. I was told this was happening almost daily. Happened twice the day I was there and missed my connection in Chicago.

Like Alan says in The Hangover..."Thanks alot Osama"