Marina Verbitsky in Chicago apparently worried too much about her child's future, which ultimately cost her.
On Monday, making what she thought was an appropriate effort, the woman called in a false bomb threat at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport while onboard a plane, media reported, citing detectives with the Broward Sheriff's Office (BSO) Threat Management Unit.
The BSO bomb squad and the FBI were quickly called in to investigate, and all passengers on board, including Verbitsky, were evacuated. A thorough inspection of the aircraft was conducted but no device or bomb was identified.
“She was nervous about her son needing to go to school. It was a mess but it was definitely not meant to be,” a Verbitsky relative told the Chicago Sun-Times.
The woman now faces one count of false reporting concerning planting a bomb, explosive, or weapon of mass destruction.
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