Loss of Anthem video gives family the blues (Thief stole camera, disc from checked bag)

[Ian David]

By Ryan Haggerty, Globe Correspondent | August 4, 2007

Tina Napolitano believes her family's video camera was stolen from a checked bag at Logan International Airport Thursday night. The thief can keep the camera, she said, as long as he or she returns the mini-DVD that was inside.

The disc contains a recording of Napolitano's 15-year-old daughter, Georgia, singing the national anthem before Thursday's Red Sox-Orioles game at Fenway Park.

"She did a great job in front of 40,000 people, and I have to say it was the most incredible experience of my life," Tina said last night in a telephone interview from her home in Austin, Texas. "We were so honored. That's what her dream is -- to be a singer."


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Tina Napolitano, 47, said she spoke yesterday with a customer service agent at Jet Blue Airways, who told her to speak with the Transportation Security Administration. When she called the TSA, Tina said, she was told that her luggage was Jet Blue's responsibility.


Georgia Napolitano, 15, sang the National Anthem for a sellout crowd at Fenway Park on Thursday after attending Idol Camp.

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TSA: All carry-on electronics must be inspected
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2941059

[MADem]

1. I know someone who lost their wedding video in the same fashion. Fucking bastards.

I despise thieves--and thieves who have jobs and a regular paycheck should get some Saudi justice. There's just no excuse for that kind of crap.

And why in hell those baggage handlers aren't under continuous, high definition video surveillance is beyond me.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. Why would you put a video camera in a checked bag?

I always carry my cameras and my laptop in a carryon. Never never never check anything you don't want to lose.