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Did you hear about this over the weekend? The entire Fort Lauderdale airport had to be shut down for several hours on Saturday because of a BOMB THREAT. Now we have more details . . . and they're pretty dumb.
It turns out a guy from Canada made the threat . . . because he was angry about an airline's BAGGAGE FEE policy.
74-year-old Wegal Rosen was checking in for his flight to Toronto Saturday morning. And an Air Canada worker told him he had to pay for his carry-on bag.
At first, he was just angry about the fee. But then he tried to pay it in cash . . . and they told him they're not accepting cash because of the pandemic. So things escalated.
They said if he needed to use cash, he'd have to walk to another terminal and buy a Visa gift card to pay the fee with. So, he stormed off and left his bag behind.
But they said he couldn't leave his bag unattended. And as he was walking away, he claimed there was a BOMB in it.
Three terminals had to be evacuated. The whole airport was shut down for over four hours. And thousands of people got delayed. But it turned out there wasn't a bomb.
He's facing charges for making a false report about an explosive or weapon of mass destruction.
(NBC News / National Post) (Here's his mugshot.) Image © 2021 Getty Images