I can't imagine the hell. I would have been carried out in a straight jacket.
My kids were mocking me for having them get to MSP two hours ahead of time. The longest I've ever had to to wait there was 40 minutes and I was afraid today would be even worse. We dropped one at baggage claim because we couldn't approach the ticketing level-it was that backed up.
Security lines like at Midway offer no security. That would be such an easy target for terrorism.