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Plane Bound For Louisville From LaGuardia Diverted To Philly
Passenger Took Out Jewish Prayer Box, Prompting Security Response
All he wanted to do was pray, but he caused quite a panic.
A White Plains teenager on a flight to see his grandparents in Louisville, Ky., caused his plane to divert to Philadelphia, because the crew thought he had a bomb.
People who know 17-year-old Caleb Leibowitz say he never intended to create a so-called prayer scare on his US Airways Express flight out of LaGuardia Airport on Thursday morning.
"He did today what he would do every morning. He certainly wasn't looking for this publicity," said Rabbi Shmuel Greenberg of Young Israel of White Plains.
But when the teenager strapped traditional Jewish tefillin -- filled with portions of the bible -- onto his head and arm and began to recite his morning prayers, the crew feared a bomb.
"A flight attendant I think was confused. A Jewish man was praying and she had never seen the device he was using to pray," passenger Joe Satterley said.
In a statement the airline said the crew "tried to discuss the issue with the passenger" but "they did not receive a clear response."
The pilot landed the Louisville-bound flight in Philadelphia.
Passenger Took Out Jewish Prayer Box, Prompting Security Response
All he wanted to do was pray, but he caused quite a panic.
A White Plains teenager on a flight to see his grandparents in Louisville, Ky., caused his plane to divert to Philadelphia, because the crew thought he had a bomb.
People who know 17-year-old Caleb Leibowitz say he never intended to create a so-called prayer scare on his US Airways Express flight out of LaGuardia Airport on Thursday morning.
"He did today what he would do every morning. He certainly wasn't looking for this publicity," said Rabbi Shmuel Greenberg of Young Israel of White Plains.
But when the teenager strapped traditional Jewish tefillin -- filled with portions of the bible -- onto his head and arm and began to recite his morning prayers, the crew feared a bomb.
"A flight attendant I think was confused. A Jewish man was praying and she had never seen the device he was using to pray," passenger Joe Satterley said.
In a statement the airline said the crew "tried to discuss the issue with the passenger" but "they did not receive a clear response."
The pilot landed the Louisville-bound flight in Philadelphia.
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I Seen 4 jews outside Heathrow T5 and one of them was doing exactly the same, thing on his head looks like a webcam from a distance.
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The Americans should not be allowed to have Planes!!
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One summer evening in 2003 I saw a Muslim guy knelt on a prayer mat outside the Empire State building, he was surrounded by 4 New York cops with their hands at the ready on their holstered weapons .
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"A religious device" ??????
Head in hands man, please. |