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Terror Alert, Air Travel

Aired December 22, 2003 - 06:36   ET

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CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN ANCHOR: A little more reaction now on this heightened terror alert. We're going to turn to Megan McHale. She's with our affiliate WBAL. She's joining us at Baltimore's BWI Airport.
Megan -- how are things shaping up there?

MEGAN MCHALE, CNN AFFILIATE WBAL REPORTER: Well, there is already a lot of airport traffic. We got in here about 45 minutes ago, and we saw several cars. So, a lot of people are getting a head start for their holiday travel. A lot of people are coming in and out of the airport.

And all of those people who are coming in and out of the airport will notice some security changes. They also won't notice some of the things that are going on behind the scenes here at the airport.

One thing they will notice is random vehicle searches. There will also be some bomb sniffing dogs. Those are standard procedures whenever the threat level is raised. They will also see a lot more police on patrol in the airport.

Governor Bob Ehrlich, the governor of Maryland, has also raised the threat level to orange. There is no specific threat here in Maryland, but that was done in consultation with the Department of Homeland Security.

The Maryland Department of Homeland Security director coordinated the efforts among the state, federal and local level to make sure that there was extra police, extra security patrols. And, of course, that's here at the airport, but it also includes bridges and tunnels and things like that.

The state police, of course, will also be on high alert, but they were telling us that they also had already planned to have extra patrols because of the holiday. So, you will see a lot of state police, of course, on the highways.

And we were talking to some people, and all of these extra security measures do make people nervous. They're afraid to travel, but the governor is certainly urging everyone to continue with their travel plans.

Live at BWI Airport in Baltimore, I'm Megan McHale.

Back to you.

CALLAWAY: Thank you, Megan.

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Aired December 22, 2003 - 06:36   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CATHERINE CALLAWAY, CNN ANCHOR: A little more reaction now on this heightened terror alert. We're going to turn to Megan McHale. She's with our affiliate WBAL. She's joining us at Baltimore's BWI Airport.
Megan -- how are things shaping up there?

MEGAN MCHALE, CNN AFFILIATE WBAL REPORTER: Well, there is already a lot of airport traffic. We got in here about 45 minutes ago, and we saw several cars. So, a lot of people are getting a head start for their holiday travel. A lot of people are coming in and out of the airport.

And all of those people who are coming in and out of the airport will notice some security changes. They also won't notice some of the things that are going on behind the scenes here at the airport.

One thing they will notice is random vehicle searches. There will also be some bomb sniffing dogs. Those are standard procedures whenever the threat level is raised. They will also see a lot more police on patrol in the airport.

Governor Bob Ehrlich, the governor of Maryland, has also raised the threat level to orange. There is no specific threat here in Maryland, but that was done in consultation with the Department of Homeland Security.

The Maryland Department of Homeland Security director coordinated the efforts among the state, federal and local level to make sure that there was extra police, extra security patrols. And, of course, that's here at the airport, but it also includes bridges and tunnels and things like that.

The state police, of course, will also be on high alert, but they were telling us that they also had already planned to have extra patrols because of the holiday. So, you will see a lot of state police, of course, on the highways.

And we were talking to some people, and all of these extra security measures do make people nervous. They're afraid to travel, but the governor is certainly urging everyone to continue with their travel plans.

Live at BWI Airport in Baltimore, I'm Megan McHale.

Back to you.

CALLAWAY: Thank you, Megan.

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