Airport security saves Seattle flyers from man speaking foreign language
October 2nd, 2006
A Chicago man was briefly detained on Saturday after he spoke on his cell phone in a foreign language.
According to the Seattle P-I:
The man was speaking Tamil, a language largely used in India, Sri Lanka and Singapore, on his cell phone at the departure gate and on the aircraft. An off-duty airline employee heard the conversation and informed the flight crew.
The man also apparently said something in English about a sporting rivalry at his alma mater.
It’s refreshing to see that racism is alive and well here in the Northwest. I hope they follow up with the airline employee who started this whole thing.
Is life in America really so scary that a man speaking in a foreign language on a cell phone would prompt such a reaction?
