English 10 10/15/12

Man arrested for harmful materials on plane.

A man wearing a bulletproof vest and fire-resistant pants was arrested at the LA international Airport after finding a smoke grenade is his luggage. Authorities also found a gas mask, leg irons and weapons within his luggage. This happened on Tuesday, it is weird because on Friday before the day the man was arrested, A 28 year old Yongda Huang Harris was arrested Friday on suspicion of transporting harmful materials on a flight from Japan to Boston. This could be related to the 9/11 attacks that airplanes are endangered by people with harmful ideas or weapons. Harris is a United States citizen, living in Boston. He recently started working and living in Japan. Police have no idea what motive he had with the materials and don’t believe he is linked to a terrorist organization. Police are not sure what the materials were in his luggage.

 

This is scary because it makes me and others wonder if the airport is unsafe or if people we know and love are in danger by flying across the world. Although there is no direct motive we know that these weapons were in his luggage it really is a scary thought to think about. I’ve been in one plane and it was after 9/11, I was so paranoid and I don’t think I’ll ever fly again unless I absolutely have to. Another thing about planes is in recent weeks American Airlines seats have been coming loose while flying and on one plane the engine malfunctioned and caused them to almost crash. Even if people that do bring materials like these on the plane have no motive at all for any terrorist acts it still acts as a threat to our national security and to be honest I don’t like it one bit. I’m glad nothing happened if anything was going to though. It’s good we have good security to detect these materials in peoples luggage.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2012/10/10/man-arrested-after-smoke-grenade-found-luggage/DRv1PyKbzPwMsNyL6DjVMJ/story.html