Security Concerns Raised Over Stranded Travelers’ Wacky Vid at Dallas Airport
- Posted on June 18, 2011 at 2:46pm by
Billy Hallowell
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When two travelers found themselves stranded at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, they decided to whip out their camera and record their zany escapades and antics. While the video has gone viral and does, indeed, offer up a few laughs, some people are questioning the airport’s security measures. CNN has more:
The video shows the men racing through airport’s empty terminal corridors in airport wheelchairs while a janitor who is vacuuming gives them a puzzled look.
They also try out the public address system at American Airlines Gate A14 and pound the keyboard of one of its computers. One of the men even does a handstand in the background…
But in one of the video’s most talked-about scenes, they enter a closed restaurant, and one of the men appears to pour himself a glassful of beer on tap, which he drinks in one gulp.
Airport officials, of course, are defending their security measures, claiming that these men were monitored appropriately while filming. Watch the clip below to see the crazy antics unfold and tell us what you think:
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last frontier
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 4:11pmBen Franklin once said, “Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety”
Report Post »We are not any safer with the TSA as we were without the TSA, but we have alot less freedoms.
liberum1776
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 4:08pmFake!
Report Post »RugDog
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 4:05pmThat was awesome. Well done guys!
Report Post »nomercy63
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 4:03pmLast time I went to DFW one TSA agent was sleeping the the chairs, we are all being used and fooled because of one or two attempts, we gave the government that much power! Time to have sworn police officers that have to abide by the constitution and law, such as illegal search and seizure!
Report Post »nomercy63
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 4:14pmI wont give out detail but my wife and I went to DFW and got lost a little went up a stair case and found ourselves on the other side of security totally bypassing it. Just a few holes.
Report Post »The Airplanes at DFW cross over a bridge that a tollway runs under it, no security! I won’t go further!
Phoenix Sky Harbor airplanes come in low and slow for landings. I won’t go further, same a Dallas Love Field! We are so screwed!
Progressive Wrecking Crew
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 4:03pm“When two travelers found themselves stranded at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, they decided to whip out their camera and record their zany escapades and antics.”
It dawned on me if there’s only two of them who was the third person filming the video the whole time? I agree now with the others that this is just some kids thinking this is the way to become movie producers and in this pathetic world we’re living in it is..Sad.
Report Post »Nathaniel Horn
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 4:00pmThis looks professionally done. And if it wasn’t, they’re just being free. Freedom is good. The terrorists lose. :) I have lost my freedom. I refuse to fly any more. I won’t be irradiated or groped because it is un-American and I am a ‘real’ American. The terrorists got one over on me thanks to the idiocy and incompetence of our government.
Say hello to the future jack booted thugs of America- the TSA. We will sorely regret creating the TSA in the future, America. Blue is my favorite color. Their shirts should be brown. America the beautiful, why are you so stupid?
Report Post »Progressive Wrecking Crew
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 3:57pmOne look at the kids in the opening scene is all I needed to see to explain it. Racist? Whatever. If it’s true how can it be racist?
I looked at em, in two seconds formed my opinion by the way they’re dressed in an airport first and then they proceeded to prove me right. It may be an old adage but one I chucked long ago because YOU CAN JUDGE BOOKS BY THEIR COVERS once you’ve read millions of them.
In this country today its the same old same old from the same old same old. Nothing changes unless it gets worse. And it’s getting worse not better. Until standards for all Americans are raised to be the best one can be it’ll be a race to the third world. Nothing more nothing less.
Look around, this country is in the worst shape it‘s ever been in the 47 years I’ve been living in it in 15 different states so it‘s a disease that won’t cure itself.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 3:51pmthis is a joke on people who believe it’s real. it’s professionally filmed.
Report Post »Broncobuster
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 3:45pmI think they were filming a commercial for something. It will probably turn up on MTV.
Report Post »politicaljules
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 3:51pmA commercial for the formation of Government Airlines.
Report Post »politicaljules
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 3:39pmHas no one figured out this liberal power grab formula yet?
This is classic progressive manipulation at work.
Make something kind of newsworthy, or viral that also has a questionable aspect to it (airport security), and soon you have a recipe for more government regulation, more wasteful spending, and more union workers. Case sunstien’s the most brilliantly manipulative man on this planet and he knows how to get things done.
Do not doubt for one second his hand is not moving things around in order to nationalize all air travel into “Government Airlines.”. The need more union dues desperately to pump into the 2012 election.
Keep your eyes open and try to alert everyone when you see it happening. It may not change things in the immediate future, but when people are at least informed, it is the first step to changing the outcome.
Report Post »selenesteets
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 3:37pmthis is obviously professional. and stupid
Report Post »NuffSaid
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 3:35pm@StoicOne
You are correct. This is the same level of vigilance we can expect on the Obamaho healthcare system.
I think the vandals were remarkably well-behaved.
Report Post »ReviveOurNation
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 3:34pm#1 How long were they “monitoring” these guys? With all the multiple scenes… 1/2 hour, an hour???
Report Post »#2 How did he get into a closed bar/restaurant?
#3 If he is behind security in the gate area AND in a bar/restaurant, doesn’t he have access to knives?
Conclusion: TSA sucks!
This might be “funny” to some, but this could truly be a danger to those who fly.
Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 3:33pmLet’s see them stranded in jail for a week… Let’s also see Janet Napalitano join them~
Report Post »LIBSALWAYSLIE
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 3:31pmso being a vandal is just having fun? Those who said this are complete morons
Report Post »swampbuck
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 3:20pmI question the vids authenticity .
Report Post »Starkadder
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 3:12pmI have to agree with mossbrain on this one. This wasn’t shot with a phone cam or handycam. This is a professional video production. The shot from under the wheelchair, the switching to fisheye lens and back, the cut-scenes and edits. They had some seroius vidoe equipment there and I seroiusly doubt they had it in thier carry-on.
Report Post »randy
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 3:51pmYou can do all of that with an iPhone people…….
watch the clip…… And tell me it’s not impressive for an iphone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6amrKRmI1bI
Anyway…..They should have arrested them the second they picked up
Report Post »the microphone and started beating on the keyboard…
rickbob
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 3:11pmThese guys sure had some fancy video equipment. Have we been had??
Report Post »FlyingSigns
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 3:15pmThat’s what I was thinking. Multiple HD cameras including tripod mounts????? I agree, there’s more to the story…
Report Post »LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 3:27pmI was thinking the same thing …pretty good Video ( no jumping around ) I’m gonna call this one a fake
Report Post »RugDog
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 4:08pmIt’s not that fancy. A Canon 60D isn’t that expensive. $1200. Not multiple cameras. Just multiple takes. It’s easy to do this. Stabling software makes it smoother yet.
And, it was darn awesome. These guys are hero’s for pulling this off.
Report Post »FlyingSigns
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 3:10pmNot picking sides here but the airport probably did have the situation under control as far as a security risk to air travel. They obviously didn’t have control of the beer tap (that‘s the vendor’s job). Seems like everyone wants to complain that the TSA is doing WAY TOO MUCH ( e.g. sexual assaulting travelers etc) and now a couple of guys make a very well thought out video and the world says the TSA dropped the ball?????? These guys were just having fun and did not exploit some lapse of security. I just hope he left a $5 on the bar for the beer and didn’t scratch the flat screen with his shoe…
Report Post »Hephzibah
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 3:59pmThat’s what I was thinking: I hope he left money for the beer.
Report Post »last frontier
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 4:23pmSounds to me you might have a blue shirt hanging in your closet? I dont think the TSA has made air travel any safer in this country, I’m not sure they have foiled one terrorist plot by themselves, because if they did Shreck from dept of homeland security would have been on the today show telling us how much safer we are today than we were yesterday, and not to have one or two security officers in a closed down wing of an airport is pathetic.
Report Post »Petire
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 3:06pmmeh. This was funny enough, and they were monitored. This is a non-issue.
Just enjoy the darn video.
Report Post »frodis
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 4:27pmmeh? The most annoying “word” out there.
Report Post »NotRight
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 4:58pmFRODIS? The most annoying “meh” out there.
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 3:01pmGreat video – I say when you are trapped in an airport all night alone – make a video and have some fun!!
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mossbrain
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 3:01pmThat’s not real idiots. Who’s taking the video, look how steady the camera shots are, how perfect the lighting is, the perfect camera angles. it’s a trailer for some movie.
Report Post »wordweaver
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 3:38pmConcur. My reaction in the first ten seconds was that this was professionally produced. Definitely not spontaneously shot. I like the escalator spin. Never seen that done before.
Report Post »politicaljules
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 3:50pmYou are both correct, but go further and ask who would want to cause more cotriversy for air port security? Who needs to put more fuel on the TSA FIRE? Who would stand to benefit by bringing down the auto industry, I mean the airline industry… Who would step in to save the american people from an industry who cant manage security or the irate travelers screaming about pat downs.
Anyone?
Beuller?
Beuller?
(please form your answer in the form of a question)
Report Post »SteveFLA
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 2:20amAre you kidding me. What a bunch of drive-by commenters. You just gave these amature videographers/video editors the biggest compliments of their life!! haha No, this isnt propaganda from who ever you say it may be. did anybody check out the caption to the video, or Joe’s other videos!!! He is an amature videographer!!! A genius punk with some editing skills and an HD camera!! HD cameras arn’t that hard to come by these days. Rather small too. ANYTHING you shoot with HD comes out crisp, clear and professional. A couple of ADD/ADHD kids with too much time and energy on their hands and HD equipment in there carry-ons. They saw an opportunity to create somthing, and took it and ran with it. Yes, its controversial, thats why the filmed it. so they could take it back to their friends and show everybody. Who would have believed them? I believe there was a laps in security but the airport is ABSOLUTELY empty. AND ALSO, in the beer scene, the “Canon EOS” blue colored thing coming out of his back pack, thats a TRI-POD guys!!! which allows them to both be in front of the camera!!
Report Post »Congatulations Joe on going viral, you just been discovered, from a video that was all for fun and that you never foresaw creating. I would take all of this buzz and clamor as the biggest compliment. These commenters called your work “too perfect”, so perfect they cant even fathom that it was created by one young individual. all for fun!
Joe, you have natural skills. you punk.
SteveFLA
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 8:48amI know a hand-full of HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS that do photo/video projects with their personal HD camers for their HIGH SCHOOL ART CLASSES!!!! This HD quality is out in the masses. Get with it people. Way to blow this out of proportion.
Report Post »SteveFLA
Posted on June 20, 2011 at 9:00am. . . and way-to underestimate our youth.
Report Post »LIBSALWAYSLIE
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 2:57pmif this happened as said, they should be arested and convicted. two stupid punks being idiots and vandalizing the airport.
Report Post »All_Right_Winger_Blog
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 2:49pmyea right, airport security is lying, these men weren’t being monitored. Security were too busy sexually assaulting people to care about these guys.
Report Post »Visions (Southern Cross)
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 2:48pmairport security is a joke
Report Post »All_Right_Winger_Blog
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 2:54pmexactly right, their too busy sexually assaulting people and abusing their power to care about these guys.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 3:09pmdo not think i need to watch the vid…airports are a joke any more, because they are run by the gov’t.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 3:15pmIndeed security is a total and utter joke at these places, except for where the TSA is concerned; they rule the place screening all of the non dangerous American citizens with a ‘guilty irregardless’ method while letting potential troublemakers and foreigneers righ on through.
Just one more source of pressure, pressure and pressure designed to make us feel less secure and cry for the fed‘s to ’come and save us now.’
Report Post »Wyatt's Torch
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 3:37pmSeems a bit too premeditated with camera angles/shots too clean… I don’t buy the story of two regular Joes stranded in an airport having fun with a camcorder.
Report Post »politicaljules
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 3:43pmIt is pre planned and wanna know who is behind that camera? Cass Sunstein.
Report Post »MastrSSG
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 3:51pmIts fake…who was filming and with what equipment?
Report Post »janedough1
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 4:47pmOkay, have you all not figured out that this is not an amateur video of two guys in an airport? The camera didn’t run itself. It did not get all those fancy camera angles under the wheels of a wheel chair without a lot of expensive gear. This is not a cell phone camera film. This is carefully produced and edited. Hello?
So your question at this point is who produced it? How did they get permission from the airport to film at night when no one was there? and What was their purpose in producing and releasing this thing? Also, why in the world were you all fooled into thinking this is amateur cell phone video of two guys caught in an airport overnight?
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 5:03pmYou people really still want to fly ??? I can’t believe that the American public is putting up with the loss of liberty … all for SHOW and then this kind of thing going on .. these could have been terrorists and not pranksters.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 5:18pmHandstanding without a permit is almost as egregious as serving Lemonade without a permit. $500.00 fines are in order
Report Post »Purplehummingbird
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 5:52pmI agree with JaneDough1. It was a professional camera that took those shots. Far from the likes of a cell phone could produce. They were not alone.
Report Post »Rashomon
Posted on June 18, 2011 at 6:10pmharold and kumar go to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
Report Post »Down2TheC
Posted on June 19, 2011 at 12:29amC’mon now. Who believes that’s ad hoc goofing off by bored kids. They had like 5 different cameras on the wheelchair opening alone. Various angles and zoom levels… they had to do several takes on the opening segment and the camera isn‘t always stationary when they’re both in the shot. That was professionally done.
Report Post »Brooke Lorren
Posted on June 19, 2011 at 10:00amWhy would it have to be a cell phone camera taking these videos? I take my full-sized camera (Canon Powershot S5IS, not a small point and shoot) around with me all the time. I would wonder who the third person was that took the video though. There were obviously at least three people around to make this video… and there was obviously a lot of editing that went on after the filming was shot.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on June 19, 2011 at 1:16pmThe AIR FLICKS PROJECT???
I call “FAKE”.
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