Airport passengers surrender tons of property to TSA
Photo credit: Charles Eckert | Toy guns, power tools, knives and cooking utensils are among the items left by passengers at TSA screening points at LaGuardia Airport. (Feb. 21, 2013)
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Passengers at New York City's three airports surrendered about 10 tons of property -- corkscrews, tools, frying pans and other items that could be used as weapons -- in the past five years, according to the Transportation Security Administration.
That's the equivalent of the combined weight of four midsized sedans.
"Anything that can be used as a weapon," must be surrendered at security...
