When Usain Bolt won his third successive gold in 100m race at Rio, a group of people were watching the performance at the airport.
Did boisterous celebrations over an Olympic victory by the world's fastest man lead to a false alarm about gunfire and a panicked evacuation of Kennedy Airport?
That's one of the possibilities police were exploring Monday as they reviewed security camera footage and interviewed witnesses about the chain-reaction scare that rippled through two airport terminals Sunday night in the minutes after Usain Bolt sprinted to a gold medal victory in the 100-meter dash.
An internal New York Police Department briefing document, obtained by The Associated Press, said a preliminary video review showed that some travelers had started to act "extremely disruptive" while watching the Olympics on televisions in Terminal 8. zeenews.india.com
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Rio 2016: Did Usain Bolt's Olympic dash trigger shooting scare at JFK airport? |
An internal New York Police Department briefing document, obtained by The Associated Press, said a preliminary video review showed that some travelers had started to act "extremely disruptive" while watching the Olympics on televisions in Terminal 8. zeenews.india.com