FORT LAUDERDALE – Those employed by the Transportation Safety Administration at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport say you never know what’s in someone’s carry-on until it hits the X-ray machine.
“So here we have grenades. Some are replicas, some are actually real,” TSA Officer Ravyn Williams pointed out to CBS News Miami’s Ted Scouten.
“One of them was actually an older elderly lady,” she explained. “Her husband passed away and she just was bringing his military memorabilia through. And she didn’t know what was in there.”
Williams said she and her co-workers see all kinds of weird things coming through. She then pointed to a display of self-defense items found at security checkpoints.
“Right here we have nunchucks. We have some throwing stars here. We have two batons, weapons, cat eyes,” she said listing off the items.
TSA officers have the huge responsibility of making sure these dangerous items don’t make it onboard a plane. There was also a display of several guns found at the checkpoints. Three were toys, but two were not.