It has been confirmed that in Atlanta, the world's so called busiest airport, has decided that they will be taking their security measures to the next level. Ever since the incident in December where a Delta worker helped smuggle guns on about 20 different flights, authorities knew their employees needed more than just a simple background check. Atlanta is now making all their airport employees go through heavy-duty metal detectors/full screenings. Some people are protesting that it's unnecessary, but everyone agrees it's better to be safe than sorry. Atlanta will be joining Orlanda and Miami in conducting these new screenings daily.
Although there wasn't any serious tragedy, this article still made me think of 9/11 and how it affected our nation's airports. Following 9/11, airports everywhere stepped up their security, which was something that hadn't been a "big deal" before. It is comforting to know that the Delta worker who was smuggling guns didn't end up causing any real harm, but still disturbing in the fact that we potentially can't even trust the people working for the airports! It's just unfortunate that we now live in a world where these measures must be taken.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/26/us/atlanta-airport-security/index.html
It is interesting how much of our lives have been impacted by the attacks of 9/11. My mother works in the airline industry and she has to go through extensive background checks and security before working.
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