TSA Doesn't Think TNT Wedding Gifts Are Cute

Wedding favors cause 20-minute bomb scare at airport
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Oct 1, 2015 6:49 PM CDT
TSA Doesn't Think TNT Wedding Gifts Are Cute
TNT: Appropriate for Wile E. Coyote, not for wedding favors.   (Shutterstock)

A bride and groom whose names both start with a "T" gave away TNT-themed favors at their wedding earlier this month. It's kind of a cute gag, unless you're the TSA agents checking bags in a screening room at the Denver International Airport. An agent watching an X-ray monitor spotted wax and fuses inside a checked bag at the airport Sept. 22. A 20-minute evacuation followed while bomb specialists checked the bag, according to a TSA statement issued on Instagram. They determined that while the wax and fuses were on bottles labeled TNT, the bottles contained only bath salts. (More wedding stories.)

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