On a recent trip to Washington, DC, I could have caused an emergency response to a strange, unclaimed suitcase. With the national terrorism threat level elevated at YELLOW and the airport threat set even higher at ORANGE, I'm sure the average citizen and security personnel alike are on the lookout for strange packages and unattended luggage.
While boarding the Metro at the National Airport stop last week, I inadvertently left my knapsack on the train platform, boarded he train with my suitcase, and headed into town. By the next stop, ironically, the Pentagon stop, I noticed my error.
Envisioning SWAT teams and bomb sniffing dogs surrounding my rucksack, heart in throat, I boarded the next train back to the airport. For sure, the airport would be locked down, I'd be arrested and shipped off to Guantanamo Bay.
Back on the platform, I spotted my laptop containing backpack; not a siren or black booted officer in sight. I nonchalantly claimed my property. National crisis averted.
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