WASHINGTON (AP) — David Johnston stands over a table full of peculiar items confiscated at Dulles International Airport: a glittery clutch with brass knuckles as a clasp. A perfume bottle shaped like a grenade. A rusted circular saw blade. A pocket-sized pitchfork.
1 / 10David Johnston, TSA's social media director, displays a lighter mounted inside of a bullet casing which was confiscated from a passenger at a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Va., Tuesday, March 26, 2019. TSA’s social media presence has been something of a model for other federal agencies _ striking a tone is humorous, but still gives travelers informational dos and don’ts.
"How are we going to replace Bob? The reality is we can't," said Johnston."We had a unique situation with him, but we can still be entertaining and help people as we find our way forward without him." The agency's Instagram account won three Webby awards last year, including the People's Voice Award for weird social content marketing. In his acceptance speech, Burns eyed the award, shook it and declared:"This Webby is carry-on approved!"
Burns' sister-in-law, Candy Creech, said he had a dry sense of humor and a hefty dose of patriotism: He had served in the Gulf War.
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