Dutch witness Fort Lauderdale home again

amsterdam - Frank Hoekstra, the Dutch businessman who closely witnessed the shootings at Fort Lauderdale, is safe at home. He is tired, but happy that he survived the attack. He is surprised how someone could just take a gun in his baggage.

Hoekstra had just checked in when he heard shouting: 'Run, run, run, there's a shooting. ' Then came a second wave of panic and everyone went under the banks again because the fear was that there was a second gunman. '' He and a large group of other passengers were led away from the trunk.

He decided to go to Miami by taxi and there to get a flight to Amsterdam. ' Before you went off the airport you had to give your ID and give up what you had seen. I wonder how they're all going to handle that. ''

Then he almost missed the connection in Paris and Schiphol delay was caused by snow and ice, he noticed that everyday problems had driven the worst stress of the shooting. ' Only now it dawns on me that there are five people died. ''

He is surprised how easy the offender could get a weapon from his baggage at the baggage claim. In the US it is normal to carry firearms on travel. ' You look at US airports signs everywhere with 'do not forget to pick up your gun out of your hand luggage.

In the US, may be checked unloaded weapons and patterns as they sit in a closed suitcase. From Schiphol Airport it is also possible to check in a sporting or hunting firearm plus separated them, five kilos of ammunition. For such transport is however necessary permits and all kinds of reservations.