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Passengers at John F. Kennedy International Airport cheered so loudly for Usain Bolt Sunday night that a woman disembarking a plane mistook the celebrations for gunfire, and sent police storming into the terminal.
A senior police officer says the concern started when a woman coming off a plane said she thought she had heard gunfire around the time Bolt was striding to victory.
The initial alarm spread through terminal eight and to terminal one.
An official says the cheering, clapping and banging from people watching the Olympic Games may have been misinterpreted as a fight and gunshots.
Terminal eight was evacuated as a precaution after the report, and flights were briefly grounded.
A senior police officer says the concern started when a woman coming off a plane said she thought she had heard gunfire around the time Bolt was striding to victory.
The initial alarm spread through terminal eight and to terminal one.
An official says the cheering, clapping and banging from people watching the Olympic Games may have been misinterpreted as a fight and gunshots.
Terminal eight was evacuated as a precaution after the report, and flights were briefly grounded.