Security officers at ROC Airport detected this loaded handgun inside a traveler’s arm sling in September 2022. (TSA photo)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC) made it into the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) annual Top 10 List of most unusual items found at security checkpoints nationwide in 2022. TSA released the list in an on-line video it posted on the agency’s YouTube account.
What was the item from the airport that ranked as #4 on the Top 10 List? Read on . . .
The security team at Rochester was screening a passenger who was wearing a sling on his arm. The sling triggered an alarm and so the traveler was asked if he could please remove the sling and place it into a bin. The traveler handed over his sling and mentioned to the officers that it was heavy because it had metal in it. Turned out the reason for the extra weight in what was supposed to be an empty sling was that upon closer inspection, there was a loaded handgun concealed inside. The kicker was that he told officials that he forgot that he had his loaded gun with him—just inches from his hand. We tweeted about the incident, which took place in September.
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