Joking about terrorism in public (as opposed to a deliberate hoax, which this may not be) is not against the law. It is in incredibly bad taste and may result in police investigation, but it is not against the law.As I've written above, we only have her assertion that they made these statements and that they may have been joking.
Not a flame, but do you have a cite where the men themselves are quoted as saying that they were playing a joke?
So far, I've been unable to find one.
dan
Someone said they should go to jail for it. If it really was the two guys kidding (and maybe both they and the woman are fudging the truth, or just maybe our wonderful accurate media is getting it wrong again) but not a hoax, then it wasn't illegal though it was suspicious as h*ll.