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Originally Posted by Katie
ugh...
I work in a building right off the end of Nashville's Airport.
Just saw three F-16's with weapons ready escorting a plane down as sirens went off. We don't keep F-16's at any close base. I just wonder what happened here. 
I really HATE flying...and today the airplanes have been taking off towards my building....It's enough to shake my nerves a little. |
They may have been grounding flights from the UK. Stuff like this happened all over today. Strangely, the general 'threat level' for the country hasn't changed... just the airports.
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The situation was mirrored around the country. Guards armed with rifles stood watch in several airports, and the governors of California, New York and Massachusetts said they were sending National Guard troops to bolster security. At the Burlington International Airport in Vermont, travelers weren't happy to be leaving behind souvenir maple syrup jugs, the Associated Press reported. In New Orleans, half-used bottles of hot sauce lay in garbage bins. Bottles of wine sat in the trash in San Francisco, south of California's wine country.
In Queens, Bruce Drapeau rode a train home from John F. Kennedy International Airport clutching a bottle of Johnny Walker Black Label. The friend he'd escorted to the airport had planned to carry the Scotch on board, he said, and then discovered in couldn't fit into the suitcase he was checking.
"I guess I inherited it," said Drapeau, 42. "He didn't have any space."
Many travelers were stoic, especially after they learned the reasons for the heightened restrictions.
"We all witnessed 9/11, this is only an extra precaution," said Richard Hawse, who was at BWI with his wife and two children, awaiting a flight for a planned trip to Mount Rushmore. "We are all in this together . . . There is a little inconvenience, but in the end, it's all good."
A few, however, were furious.
"It makes me feel less secure," said Tony Thompson, who had gotten to National airport more than 2 hours early to catch an 8:30 a.m. flight to the Bahamas. "When something bad happens, it should be seamless. No one should know about it."
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Actually, I would say this is comparatively seamless. The main problem is that the new restrictions caught travelers by surprise. And don't worry, Tony Thompson, I'm sure the media will continue to make you happy... wouldn't want you to have to, like, hear any bad news or anything. :p