O Hare Airport Lack of Security Shocking

I was waiting to pick up my daughter at the O Hare airport in Chicago yesterday when I had a lesson in security play out right in front of my eyes.

And my conclusion was: the security where I was at O Hare airport was lousy.

The incident occurred when an airport officer (I'm assuming he was a Chicago policeman) discovered an unattended suitcase. A pink suitcase that I'm guessing belonged to a little girl or teenager.

The officer walked over to the suitcase and asked people nearby if the suitcase belonged to them. No one responded.

The officer then got on his radio and called for assistance. While the officer waited ( while standing some distance away) he did not relocate the people away from this suitcase. So, if the suitcase had blown up, a lot of people would have been killed and injured.

In fact while the officer was waiting, a young man walked up and stood by the abandoned suitcase and made a cell phone call, which lasted several minutes. If the suitcase at that point had blown up, that young man would have been the first one killed along with others.

Within a few minutes, a bomb sniffing dog was brought to the scene. The first thing the dog did was knock the suitcase over. If the suitcase had contained a bomb, again a lot of people would have been killed or injured.

Luckily, there was no bomb and the pink suitcase was carried away by the police officer. I hope terrorists never come to the O Hare airport and place a bomb there, but it would be very easy for them to successfully plant a bomb and kill or injure a lot of people.

The United States is still not prepared to defend against terrorists.