Airport officials detained a traveler who mentioned an explosive device at JFK — only to discover he was actually talking about food referred to as The Bomb, TSA sources said.
Jason Michael Cruz, 29, was on an escalator in Terminal 7 Thursday when a TSA officer overheard him tell a friend he “had the wrong kind of bomb” just after 1 p.m….Officials ushered Cruz and his friend, Matthew Okumoto, to a holding area, where they learned the pair was talking about a sandwich called The Bomb, airport officials said.
Cruz told officers he was chatting about wanting to bring food on the airplane, sources said.
I wonder if any airports (maybe Philly?) sell steak bombs to passengers? OH THE HORROR!!!
This would be a minor gaffe if the TSA had any success stories. Given that they don’t, its another reason why the TSA should be disband YESTERDAY!
Makes me want to open an airport eatery with all kinds of non-TSA acceptable food names.
The Bomb
Hijacker
Jihadi
Terrorist
Infidel
The Grope
Pervscanner
Sounds like a solid business model!
I’m sorry, I can’t completely agree with you on this one. We have been warned not to say the word “bomb” in an airport for something like 30 years (maybe longer). Far pre-dating the TSA. As a kid, I was given a firm lecture on that “rule” when I thought it would be a funny thing to say “Oh man, I forgot my bombs” while at the airport (hey, I was like 5 or something).
I will agree that the TSA probably went full-stupid on the poor shlubs though.
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Concur with Stuart. That the sort of crap TSA is supposed to trigger on, not grandma with a walker or doing explosives residue tests on artificial limbs just, “Because, prosthetic!”
I hear what you guys are saying, and like I mentioned in the post, if this was just a folly amoungst TSA sucess stories, I’d give it a pass.
If the TSA EVER caught somebody with a bomb I’d let this slide.
Only they never have, they just let the threats full and molest the innocent.
And they probably took his sandwich too… sigh
I feel safer already. The TSA has got this whole sandwich thing surrounded. Well, the only mental image I get is of the keystone cops waddling around.