Posted on 08/12/2003 6:54:36 AM PDT by Brian S
Security Investigation Launched at JFK Airport in N.Y. After Boaters Found Wandering on Runway
NEW YORK Aug. 12 —
Authorities are investigating the case of three young boaters who wandered onto a runway at Kennedy International Airport after their raft washed ashore near the airport.
The boaters, a 21-year-old man and two 13-year-old boys, were on an inflatable fishing raft, but became lost after a rainstorm Sunday and floated into Jamaica Bay, authorities said.
"It got rough out there, and the waves started blowing the boat towards the airport," Joel Phaggoo, one of the lost trio, told WABC-TV.
They anchored off of an active runway and wandered on runways and taxiways before they walked to a police garage, where they told authorities they were lost.
"We are concerned about this matter and have launched an investigation, looking particularly at patrol procedures and supervision," said Alan Hicks, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the airport. He was not sure how long the three were wandering around.
The three were questioned by Port Authority police and released.
Ahhh yes. "Homeland Security" at its finest.
There is only one reason the US has not been hit with another terrorist act and thats because it "has been ordered...yet"!
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