Video: Newark "Trespasser" Was Chasing After Girlfriend

Remember when that guy shut down a terminal at Newark Airport after entering a secure area unauthorized... and then caused thousands upon thousands to be trapped there with delayed flights? Would it make you feel better if it all happened in the name of love?

Today the NY Post reports that the video shows that the Transportation Security Administration agent first stopped the man from entering, after he passionately embraced a woman and tried to follow her to the secure area, where she would be boarding a flight. But when the same guard was talking on a cellphone, "the trespasser" took a chance and ended up successfully strolling right through.

Now investigators have narrowed down which flights the mystery woman could have been on, and hope to question her. Are terrorists going to start watching romcoms now?

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By Jen Carlson in News on January 7, 2010 1:45 PM

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moocowtoo

The action happens starting at 5:35 in the video so you guys don't waste your time like I just did :O

jaycjay

I'd say start about a minute before that to see what happens.

Right at the beginning of the clip, the guy you want to watch is standing just a few paces in front of the guard's podium. At about 1:00, the guard goes over to him and apparently tells him he has to move, so he goes farther out but remains visible.

Then nothing significant happens until around 4:40, when the guard is seen to be on his cell phone. At about 4:52, he gets up and walks out blending in with the departing passengers. A few seconds later our guy, who at that point had moved to just inside the entrance side of the barrier, makes his move.

jaycjay

Doesn't look like talking on the cell phone was the real problem; he still would have seen the guy if that's all he was doing. But he just walks away from his station just before the 5-minute mark, which had to be a welcome sight for the guy who'd been standing there waiting for an opportunity.