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    A man whose jet ski failed him in New York's Jamaica Bay swam to John F. Kennedy airport, where he was easily able to penetrate the airport $100 million, state-of-the art security system.

    Daniel Casillo, 31, was able to swim up to and enter the airport grounds on Friday night, past an intricate system of motion sensors and closed-circuit cameras designed to to safeguard against terrorists, authorities said.

    "I think he should be given dinner and a bottle of champagne for showing us our faults," said Nicholas Casale, an NYPD veteran and former MTA deputy security director for counterterrorism.

    Instead, Casillo was arrested after the incredible adventure that has stunned security officials.

    Casillo's night began innocently enough, as he and some friends were racing on jet skis in Jamaica Bay near JFK airport when his watercraft stalled. After calling for and receiving no help, he managed to swim towards the only thing he could see, the runway lights at JFK.

    Once he made it to land, Casillo climbed an eight-foot barbed-wire perimeter fence and walked undetected through the airport's Perimeter Intrusion Detection System and across two runways into Delta's terminal 3.

    Unnoticed until then, Casillo walked into the airport dripping wet and wearing his bright yellow life jacket.

    When he was eventually spotted by a Delta employee, police charged Casillo with criminal trespassing.

    "It's outrageous," Casale said. "Why in 2012 do we not have a security system throughout our airports?"

    This is not the first time an airport's security systems failed.

    In March, a black jeep sped down a runway at Philadelphia's international airport. That incident came on the heels of another in California, when a BMW slammed through the airport fence when the driver reportedly lost control.

    Last year at JFK there was a huge uproar over that same perimeter fence, when it was knocked out by weather and remained down for days.

    New York Port Authority officials tell ABC News this time around they "took immediate action to increase its police presence with round the clock patrols of the facility's perimeter and increased patrols by boat of the surrounding waterway."

    "We have called for an expedited review of the incident and a complete investigation to determine how Raytheon's perimeter intrusion detection system-which exceeds federal requirements-could be improved. Our goal is to keep the region's airports safe and secure at all times," the Port Authority said in a statement.
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  • #2
    Originally posted by Forever_frost View Post
    Once he made it to land, Casillo climbed an eight-foot barbed-wire perimeter fence and walked undetected through the airport's Perimeter Intrusion Detection System and across two runways into Delta's terminal 3.
    Clearly he should have been detected before getting to the terminal.

    But... just what the F did he think was going to happen? He does deserve to be arrested, because what he did is criminal trespassing.
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    • #3
      Poor guy he just wanted a dry spot to rest. Seriously though sends the message that he should have froze to death or drowned before going there for help his life was not important enough to be saved the cop that arrested him is f'ed up.

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      • #4
        What an idiot.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Armedtrigger01 View Post
          Poor guy he just wanted a dry spot to rest. Seriously though sends the message that he should have froze to death or drowned before going there for help his life was not important enough to be saved the cop that arrested him is f'ed up.
          Walk the perimeter of the fence until you reach a gate or something? Given the current state of security issues at airports, there is no way this guy couldn't have thought "Climbing this fence and crossing two runways probably isn't the smartest choice."
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          • #6
            What if the edges of the fences just ran into the water line? Maybe he was exhausted and not thinking clearly.

            Seems pretty dumb at face value, but perhaps there are more details to the story.
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