The TV segment on this story said that they only discovered it after a long-time security supervisor retired and his replacement was cleaning out the office. Why the former supervisor didn't resolve the problem was unexplained. Jose Prize Fan of old guyz collecting everything In a message dated 11/25/2002 11:09:34 PM Eastern Standard Time, tdugan@fuse.net writes: > Subj:Re: Lost Baggage > Date:11/25/2002 11:09:34 PM Eastern Standard Time > From:<A HREF="mailto:tdugan@fuse.net";>tdugan@fuse.net</A> > Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU";>AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU</A> > To:<A HREF="mailto:AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU";>AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU</A> > Sent from the Internet > > Not sure it was their mistake.... It sounds like he lost the bag, not the > airline. It might have been left onboard an aircraft or in a terminal. I > don't think this is the type of bag on would normally check. > > That being said, 13 years is a piece of work. I wonder if the thought > crossed anybody's mind to just loose the thing again rather that face the > negative publicity this might generate. > > Tom >