Panic at LAX, Los Angeles International Airport, from Useless Toady [1]:
A car crash just outside Terminal 5 at Los Angeles International Airport and an anonymous call reporting a man with a gun in Terminal 4 incited panic Friday evening and triggered a large police response.
LAX spokeswoman Nancy Castles said the vehicle crash outside Terminal 5 Friday night caused passengers to report gunfire.
“Apparently there was a very loud crash. People inside the terminal did not know what was happening. Some people panicked and they self-evacuated from the terminal,”
Hay Zeus, imagine the panic if some kids managed to get their hands on some firecrackers. The freedom loathing control freaks have managed to create a hoplophobic* culture. Be thankful, the jack boots didn’t shoot anybody.
[*] Hoplophobia: an irrational fear of weapons, evidently real or imaginary.