<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by jcrb:
On the local news radio they said he was trying to light some det cord that was in his shoes and the det cord would have set off the C-4</font>
On MSNBC, they said he was trying to light his shoelaces, and the way he snuck his handiwork onto the aircraft was a method similar to what undercover agents have been known to employ.