Posted on 08/26/2004 10:11:12 AM PDT by Hillary's Lovely Legs
Golden Girls star Bea Arthur sparked a security scare at Boston's Logan International Airport earlier this week when she tried to board a flight with a pocket knife in her handbag.
The actress, 81, was about to board a Cape Air flight when a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent discovered the offensive article in her belongings, which is strictly forbidden on airplanes since the September 11th attacks.
A fellow passenger say:, "She started yelling that it wasn't hers and said: 'The terrorists put it there'. She kept yelling about the 'terrorists, the terrorists, the terrorists'."
After the knife was confiscated by TSA officials, the funnywoman pulled out a keyring from her bag and told the agent it belonged to the "terrorists", before throwing it at them.
As she boarded the plane, the Emmy-winning star told the TSA employees: "We're all doomed."
A spokeswoman for Cape Air says: "Ms Arthur was cracking jokes and was a real character."
" Do you know who I am" ping
I saw this last night on TV...
Gotta wonder how many vodka-tonics she had
Another nutty actress who doesn't remember September 11th.
One law for thee and one law for me (the ELITE).
Quote:Now think about how the normal everyday citizenry would be treated if they pulled something like this.
One law for thee and one law for me (the ELITE).
I remember one guy was fined and given a month in jail for making a wisecrack comment.
Indeed, even at 81, she can't be called a little old lady.
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