Mon December 22, 2003 01:26 PM ET
MIAMI (Reuters) - A man with a hacksaw blade and a razor blade in his shoe was arrested on Monday at Miami international airport as the United States went to heightened terror alert in the run-up to the Christmas holidays.
Police said David McIntyre, 38, traveling with his wife and children, set off metal detectors as he tried to board a flight.
"He had a hacksaw blade and a razor blade in his shoe," a Miami-Dade police spokesman said. "He has been charged with carrying a concealed weapon."
It was unclear why the man, from Westchester in Pennsylvania, was carrying the blades in his shoe. The police spokesman said he was unaware of any explanation he had given.
The United States has stepped up security procedures after the terror alert status was raised to the second highest level on Sunday as threat indicators became greater than at any other time since the Sept. 11, 2001, hijacked airliner attacks.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said the al Qaeda network of Osama bin Laden might try to use aircraft again in new attacks.
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This man most likely is/was not a terrorist, but why in the he*% would you put those in your shoe and then try to board an airplane. Yeesh!
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