Palm Beach Post<\/a><\/p><\/div>\nWEST PALM BEACH \u2014 A beeping alarm clock in a piece of luggage put airport workers on edge Saturday, prompting them to call the county\u2019s explosive experts.<\/p>\n
The suspicious bag caused two floors of Palm Beach International Airport to be evacuated and close for several hours, delaying flights.<\/p>\n
David and Joshua Pierre-Louis were getting their great aunt\u2019s IBC Air boarding pass for a noon flight to Haiti when police ordered them outside, along with everyone around them.<\/p>\n
That was at about 11:30 a.m., the brothers said. They didn\u2019t get back inside until almost 2 p.m.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were literally about to hit enter to print the ticket,\u201d said David Pierre-Louis, who made the trip from Fort Lauderdale expecting check-in to move more quickly than in his crowded home airport.<\/p>\n
The beeping came from a hard-sided case near the Silver Airways\u2019 ticket counter, said Eric Davis, a spokesman for Palm Beach County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey deemed it needed more investigation,\u201d said airport spokeswoman Sandy Davis.<\/p>\n
The Sheriff\u2019s Office\u2019s Explosive Ordnance Disposal team arrived at about 12:45 p.m. They were still there just before 2 p.m.. Several patrol cars and a bomb squad van blocked departures lanes and short-term parking.<\/p>\n
By 2:15 p.m. the airport looked the same as it usually does.<\/p>\n
Davis, the airport spokeswoman, said she\u2019d been told only the Silver Airways counter area had been cordoned off and that passengers for that airline\u2019s flights were checking in at other counters.<\/p>\n
But passengers said that wasn\u2019t the case because they had been sent outside and no one was allowed in during the investigation.<\/p>\n
Davis said she couldn\u2019t recall the last time the airport called in explosive experts for a suspicious bag. But the Transportation Safety Administration has found guns in baggage eight times this year.<\/p>\n
Lesson learned: Never pack an alarm clock. If you do, turn off your alarm clock.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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