Mornings with Danny and Laura on 91.5 CKPR

I found this story Sunday and talked about it yesterday...it was in the Toronto Sun....This man is questioning how he could inadvertently board a flight from Ottawa with fireworks in his carry-on bag without getting caught.

He says he had a Roman eight-ball candle, Roman 10-ball candle, a big pack of extra-large sparklers and an airbomb. Mark Bennett flew to Thunder Bay via Toronto on Jan. 29 with Air Canada....AND he says he had a lighter in his pocket.

Fireworks are banned by the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority in carry-on AND checked luggage. Bennett says he let off fireworks for Victoria Day....threw them in a bag and forgot about them.

The Nepean resident said the fireworks were hidden underneath the bottom stiffener in his duffel bag...and he says he did not find them until he was packing his bag to leave Thunder Bay...so he took the fireworks out of his bag...he left them here.

This guy was at Toronto's Pearson International Airport for about two hours between flights....he even went outside to smoke and had to pass through security again.

The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority says they can't take any action regarding the incident until Bennet contacts them.

When I finished talking about this story, I did say that it was an alleged story as Mark had not contacted CATSA...so I questioned whether it was true or not. Well...I received an email from a woman right here in Thunder Bay..who not only says it is a true story...but she has these fireworks in her home. Mark was here visiting her home..and it was there that he found the fireworks and left them behind.

This makes the story that much more scary to me!!!


On a lighter note.....

SKUNK GIVES COUPLE WAKE-UP CALL:

A Florida couple who heard noises under their bed were surprised to find they had an unexpected guest -- a skunk.

Odell Wadlington had to call in local wild life trapper James Dean to help get the animal out of the house.

Dean was sprayed as he tried to capture the skunk.

The powerful smell stuck to Wadlington as well and when he got to work that day he was sent home.

He said, "I had that brand on me . . . (The boss) didn't want to deal with that."