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#816 by LAX21
10 Apr 2004, 10:39
auch...
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/04/09/ai ... index.html


CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) -- A federal air marshal accidentally left her gun in a restroom at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, an airport spokeswoman said Friday.

A passenger found the semiautomatic handgun Thursday and notified an airport employee. The employee then told airport police, who secured the weapon, said the spokeswoman, Pat Smith.

"They later found it belonged to a federal air marshal who apparently was using the restroom and put it up on the shelf while she was washing her hands and forgot about it," Smith said.

Dave Adams, a spokesman for the federal Air Marshal Service, said the marshal, whose name was not released, probably would be suspended.

"The air marshal realized within five minutes that she had lost her weapon, went back to the police department and it was subsequently returned to her," Adams said. "Obviously, we are very concerned about the situation."

There were no delays or other disruptions at the airport.
#28810 by AndyK
10 Apr 2004, 14:18
Textbook error.
#28812 by Nottingham Nick
10 Apr 2004, 14:20
I KNOW she is not the first to do such a thing. But she is the first I have seen that has made CNN and AP[:I][:I]

Could have been a whole lot worse!!

Nick
#28828 by LAX21
10 Apr 2004, 22:06
well, on the bright side,
at least she did not forget the gun in the AIRPLANE's toilet!!!:D
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