Chicago – Last Tuesday (March 16), Marilyn Hartman, 69, was arrested at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. The inconspicuous-looking senior citizen is no stranger to the security authorities – unbelievable: Hartmann has been flying around the world without a passport or ticket for 20 years!
Since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, security precautions have not only been tightened in the USA. Nevertheless, Hartmann apparently managed to board the plane, coach or train unmolested in at least 30 cases.
First Copenhagen, then Paris
The US broadcaster CBS 2 had recently made the case public. Just two days later, the 69-year-old was caught again at Chicago Airport (Illinois). Now the record-breaking blind passenger is – once again – in jail.
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Marilyn Hartman is 69 years old and has a mental disorderFoto: Chicagp Police Department
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Your fare dodger career began in 2002, Hartmann said frankly in an interview with investigative reporter Brad Edwards: The first time she flew to Copenhagen, the second time to Paris. Twelve years later, in August 2014, when Hartman had again traveled from San Jose to Los Angeles without a ticket, the judicial authorities took notice of the travel-loving lady for the first time. A judge warned them not to travel again without valid papers.
But the warning had no effect. Marilyn Hartman is homeless and suffers from a mental illness. She has been wearing an electronic ankle cuff for some time, with which she was last able to be located at the Chicago airport.
Inconspicuousness as a method
The so far last documented free flight succeeded the frequent flyer in January 2018. The investigators’ documents show that Hartman was able to avoid both the “security process” and the “document / ticket check”. Apparently without any problems, she boarded the plane and jetted to London with British Airways. Fraudulent travel expense: $ 3,428.
Her trick sounds so simple that it is hard to believe: She just ran with a stranger! The security guys would have assumed she was one of them. “The fact that she got away with it again and again makes you speechless,” says Jeff Price. The aviation security expert suspects: “The ingenuity of the approach lies in its simplicity. The uncomplicated methods often work best. “
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