Chicago Airports Restrict Access
About 12,000 people will be denied access to secure areas at O’Hare International and Midway airports because they didn’t renew identification cards.
The Chicago Department of Aviation said Friday it deactivated the ID cards following a federally ordered evaluation of airport security after the Sept. 11 attacks. Some of the cards belonged to former employees and others to workers who didn’t complete the revalidation process.
Department spokeswoman Monique Bond said officials were trying to determine whether the 11,866 people who failed to go through the revalidation process had a legitimate reason for not complying. Police could be alerted about specific people depending on the results, she said.
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