There's two sides to every story. I doubt the reporters are as innocent as they claim. Besides, I think this spells it out pretty clearly:
the two had infiltrated an area of the airport that was off limits to reporters and photographers, and that they were interviewing people.
Airport officials had decided to keep reporters away from earthquake survivors after learning that the media had "mobbed" earthquake survivors in Fort Lauderdale and "caused serious concerns with the repatriation efforts," according to the report.