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September 18, 2007

Is That a Flamingo in Your Turnstile or Are You Just Happy to See Me?

Filed under: Airport — mike @ 1:30 pm

In what sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, famed TV animal guy Jack Hannah got trapped in a security turnstile with an 11 month-old Flamingo while escorting the bird (and other animals) through a closed terminal at Ohio State University Airport. Said, Hannah:

“I never thought about the crate being square and the turnstile being round…I was stuck like a worm. My eyes were as big as grapefruits…I can’t describe the feeling in my stomach. I can’t move up or down. The bars are on your face.” (From MSNBC)

Hannah eventually broke free and went for help. Through the efforts of three firefighters, the flamingo was hoisted out of the turnstile.

Both Bird and Hannah are doing fine.

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