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05/12/2003 Archived Entry: "I feel safer already."
I feel safer already.
So, is this country really safer than it was a year ago? You decide.
A mildly autistic seven-year-old from Niagara Falls, Ont., unwittingly tested the beefed-up U.S. border security system over the weekend. It failed the test.
Mitchel David Hernder didn't intend to cause an international flap when he ran away from his Menzie St. home about 4:15 p.m. Saturday. He was simply disgruntled with his dad's decision to ground him, so he left home with his sister's bicycle.
After reaching the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge, the boy threw the bike down the gorge because a sign on the bridge said "No bicycles allowed," his father Mark Hernder said yesterday.
While neighbours and Niagara Regional Police scoured the Canadian side, he casually walked across the bridge, bypassing at least three types of detection systems for thwarting illegal aliens and potential terrorists.
