Released: January 17, 2006

A valuable lesson for security checkpoints

Source: By Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post

It’s an airport ritual every passenger must endure.

When preparing to board a flight to Puerto Rico last July, John Wright of Tiverton, R.I., took off his shoes and belt and placed them in a plastic bin. Then, he said, he then took off his Rolex watch and wedding ring, placed them in another bin and sent it down the conveyer belt of the X-ray checkpoint machine at Boston’s Logan International Airport.

But Wright’s standard screening went awry, he claims. When he made it through the checkpoint to pick up his belongings, the Rolex had come out but his $7,000 ring was missing. He ordered the Transportation Security Administration officials to stop the conveyer belt. He asked the three TSA screeners to look for his ring. Nothing. He asked to speak to a supervisor, who also helped conduct a search. But still, nothing.

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