Apparently this happened on July 20 at SAV:
https://www.wftv.com/news/trending-n...port/809929457

I'm somewhat torn on this.

On the one hand, I have to give props to the LTSO for not panicking and running away as most people would, or freezing up with indecision (as I certainly would). He kept calm and made a decision to DO something to resolve the situation.

On the other hand, aside from doing absolutely nothing, picking up a smoking carry-on and running it through the terminal to dispose of it was probably the worst thing to do in such a situation. If it's a smoking battery from a laptop or cell phone (or in this case, a vaper), then at minimum you risk severely burning yourself. But if it's an explosive or incendiary device, then the least little bit of jostling or physical contact can detonate it, putting the lives of everyone else in the area at risk from explosion, shrapnel, or fire.

Triggering an immediate evacuation of the area and calling in REAL law enforcement and fire fighters is the right decision.

I wonder if he learned how to handle potential explosives in the TSA Academy?

Wait, WHAT!? You mean to say that after a passenger's bag caught fire on the screening belt they didn't even shut down the checkpoint to investigate!?

TSA at its finest.