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13 Aug 2012 10:15 #96086
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A man whose jet ski failed him in New York's Jamaica Bay swam to John F. Kennedy airport, where he was easily able to penetrate the airport $100 million, state-of-the art security system.
Daniel Casillo, 31, was able to swim up to and enter the airport grounds on Friday night, past an intricate system of motion sensors and closed-circuit cameras designed to to safeguard against terrorists, authorities said.
"I think he should be given dinner and a bottle of champagne for showing us our faults," said Nicholas Casale, an NYPD veteran and former MTA deputy security director for counterterrorism.
Instead, Casillo was arrested after the incredible adventure that has stunned security officials.
Casillo's night began innocently enough, as he and some friends were racing on jet skis in Jamaica Bay near JFK airport when his watercraft stalled. After calling for and receiving no help, he managed to swim towards the only thing he could see, the runway lights at JFK.
Once he made it to land, Casillo climbed an eight-foot barbed-wire perimeter fence and walked undetected through the airport's Perimeter Intrusion Detection System and across two runways into Delta's terminal 3.
Unnoticed until then, Casillo walked into the airport dripping wet and wearing his bright yellow life jacket.
When he was eventually spotted by a Delta employee, police charged Casillo with criminal trespassing.
"It's outrageous," Casale said. "Why in 2012 do we not have a security system throughout our airports?"
This is not the first time an airport's security systems failed.
In March, a black jeep sped down a runway at Philadelphia's international airport. That incident came on the heels of another in California, when a BMW slammed through the airport fence when the driver reportedly lost control.
Last year at JFK there was a huge uproar over that same perimeter fence, when it was knocked out by weather and remained down for days.
New York Port Authority officials tell ABC News this time around they "took immediate action to increase its police presence with round the clock patrols of the facility's perimeter and increased patrols by boat of the surrounding waterway."
"We have called for an expedited review of the incident and a complete investigation to determine how Raytheon's perimeter intrusion detection system-which exceeds federal requirements-could be improved. Our goal is to keep the region's airports safe and secure at all times," the Port Authority said in a statement.
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13 Aug 2012 10:23 #96087
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I guess they never factored this scenario. ::rofl:: :yeti: ::rofl::
Now the terrorists will fancy their chances.
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13 Aug 2012 12:30 #96150
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LONDON (AP)
Shot putter Nadzeya Ostapchuk of Belarus became the first athlete to be stripped of a medal at the London Olympics after her gold was withdrawn Monday for doping.
Valerie Adams of New Zealand was awarded the gold and Evgeniia Kolodko of Russia was bumped up to silver. Fourth-place finisher Gong Lijiao of China was moved up to bronze.
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13 Aug 2012 20:31 #96248
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3 killed in shootings near Texas A&M University
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(CNN) -- A Texas constable and two others were shot dead Monday in about a half an hour of gunfire near Texas A&M University, police said.
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14 Aug 2012 00:14 #96255
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KINSHASA, Congo (AP) -- A U.N.-run radio station in Congo says four members from the country's Olympic delegation have gone missing in London.
The station reported Monday that judo athlete Cedric Mandembo disappeared after the closing ceremony, and has not been reachable on his mobile phone. He lost his match after 49 seconds.
Authorities tell the radio station that the Congolese athlete left the Olympic village with his baggage without saying where he was going.
The others who have gone missing are two officials with the boxing and judo teams, and a national athletic official.
Already at least seven Cameroonian athletes have failed to return home after the games.
Congo has suffered decades of dictatorship and war and remains mired in poverty despite its mineral riches.
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14 Aug 2012 09:38 #96262
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i would quit some vices but i am not a quitter
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