Explosives Found On First Day Of Bag Searches!

After just one day of searching bags, police found explosives in a duffle bag. Of course, the explosives were fireworks. While technically illegal, the fireworks are not exactly the major threat everyone was expecting to find.

Meanwhile, officials were very pleased to have search more than 1,000 bags during the morning rush. To put this in perspective, when the World Trade Center station reopened, 25,000 people were passing through the station. Sure, not every passenger has a bag, but are we the only ones who think searching 1/25 of the passengers arriving in the WTC is not at all effective?

Bag searching has been a hot topic on NJ.com message boards as reported byNJ.com. Posters to the board have ranged from people wondering why it took so long to have searches to people arguing it violates their rights. While we tend to lean towards the latter, ou bigger concern is that bag searching makes us no safer while trying to make us feel good. We'd rather see non-invasive chemical sensors, bomb sniffing dogs, and better preventative measures, all of which are much more effective. But hey, that's just us. Enjoy your commute.