Fort Lauderdale airport councourse briefly evacuated

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Fort Lauderdale airport councourse briefly evacuated

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) =97 Authorities evacuated about 200 people from=
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airport concourse Wednesday after a man walked away from security check,=20
officials said. Kadar Singh, of Guyana, was stopped while going through a=20
checkpoint in a Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport concourse.=
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His wife and two children passed through the screening area with no=20
problems, but Singh set off the checkpoint alarm, Broward County sheriff's=
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spokeswoman Cheryl Stopnick said. Screeners wanted to check him with a=20
magnetic wand, but he walked away before they could bring the wand, airport=
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spokesman Jim Reynolds said. Stopnick said the man was merely walking=20
toward his wife and kids and was not a threat, but the concourse was=20
evacuated as part of increased security measures since the Sept. 11, 2001,=
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terrorist attacks. Three flights were affected and about 200 people were=20
delayed before airport operations returned to normal.


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