Here’s a scary story that thankfully has a non-eventful ending: WWE Superstar AJ Styles was at the Atlanta Airport during a bomb scare on Wednesday morning. A report of a suspicious package caused the airport to be evacuated, including Styles, and he tweeted about the incident:
Something is wrong at the Atl airport. My guess, a bomb threat.
— AJ Styles (@AJStylesOrg) March 23, 2016
Keep in mind, this is just a guess. They've moved everyone to north side of baggage claim. South side is totally empty.
— AJ Styles (@AJStylesOrg) March 23, 2016
And now everyone has had to exit the airport.
— AJ Styles (@AJStylesOrg) March 23, 2016
As it turns out, he was right.
Out of an abundance of caution, APD is investigating a suspicious package and has evacuated the public areas of the domestic terminal.
— Atlanta Airport (@ATLairport) March 23, 2016
To make matters worse, someone during the evacuation yelled about a shooter, causing a panic and an even more thorough investigation. From WSB-TV:
The actions taken were per normal protocol, they said.
Travelers say there was nearly a stampede after a false report of a shooter during the evacuation.
Atlanta police say they are looking for a man in a purple shirt who yelled “active shooter” during the self-evacuation.
APD says the suspicious package was just a bag of medication and posed no threat to passengers.
Flight operations are proceeding as normal.
Now that we know it was a false alarm and everyone’s okay, feel free to make jokes about how that random person was Chris Jericho incognito in a hat and sunglasses.
