A Comment About

Terror on the Tarmac

November 20, 2007 - 2:55 am - by Annie Jacobsen
icus
2007-11-21 09:48:06

I think this meddlesome guy got what he deserved. They used to call this “hysteria,” when it was attributed to anxious women.

So what was wrong with the old guy hero Jerry Wynn was so scared of?

He looked like a “hippie.” He hadn’t shaved in a week.

He wore “slippers” and “linen.” Wow.

He insisted on maintaining control of his carry-on bag, instead of turning it over to airport baggage handlers (we know they never lose anything).

He had a greenish/tan object about six inches long and three inches wide. He rubbed his head with it.

He put a “poncho” on and pulled the hood up.

All this might be eccentric, but hardly evidence of terrorist intent.

I’ll take weird old “hippie” man on my flight over some scaredy-cat like Wynn any day.