'Shooting scare' prompts panic at Newark as fliers…

Amateur video posted to social media late Monday showed panicked fliers at Newark Airport quickly evacuate a terminal after two men reportedly began behaving suspiciously.
One video shows travelers quickly running out of Terminal A, leaving their luggage inside the waiting hall.
Another video shows frightened passengers standing outside the terminal while police were on the scene.
The panic was triggered when an Alaska Airlines employee approached two men at Gate 30 at around 8:30pm, according to the .
Terrified travelers are seen fleeing Terminal A at Newark Airport on Monday evening after an alarm was triggered
Video was posted to social media showing fliers fleeing in terror, fearing that it was a bomb threat or a mass shooting
The alarm was triggered by an Alaska Airlines employee who approached two men who were behaving suspiciously, according to Port Authority
After the men mysteriously fled, the employee hit an alarm, prompting the fliers in the terminal to panic.
The Port Authority said that between 150 and 200 passengers rushed out of the gate toward the main terminal area.
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They proceeded to the ramp outside, where they waited before being allowed back inside.
‘Insane situation here at Newark Airport,' tweeted David Lombardi.
The travelers were so terrified that they left their luggage in the waiting area and fled
‘They just told us all to evacuate and whole terminal scattered. Bags left behind.
‘I initially thought it was an active shooter. Maybe a bomb threat. Confusion and JetBlack chaos.'
Cristina Centeno tweeted: ‘Shooting scare at Newark Airport. Police arrived in seconds. We are all outside on the runway. Terrified.'
‘Most terrifying few minutes of my life. Being in terminal A at EWR about to board my flight when a flight attendant starts screaming evacuate. Absolute chaos. Currently standing on an active tarmac. I just want to go home,' wrote Twitter user Erin Fors.
A few minutes later, Fors wrote: ‘They're letting us back in the airport. Absolute chaos. People looking for their things. I've never seen anything like this. Terrible. Just terrible.'
'Imagine you're starting to board and a frazzled flight a




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