Of the 52,000 travelers who pass through the TSA's security checkpoints at Logan ever day, many leave something behind in those gray, plastic bins.

In a 'lost and found' room at the airport are full carry-on suitcases, canes and walkers, cell phones, laptops, keys, jewelry... Someone even once left behind a half pound of ground beef All of these items are tagged in the hopes of a reunion with their owners.

After 30 days, high-value items (including electronics) are sent to the TSA's DC office where they are wiped and given to other government agencies to use. Clothes are donated to vets/the needy.

http://www.whdh.com/story/26001416/l...l-of-surprises

I've been lucky/careful enough never to have left something accidentally behind, but I was curious to learn about what happens to items that are lost.

TSAPressSec shared a link to the story on Twitter, so H/T. I wanted to share it here.