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Airport passengers surrender tons of property to TSA

Toy guns, power tools, knives and cooking utensils

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)

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...

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