[Helithumper]

I'm confused...

> I brought a foil wrapped breakfast burrito through security

> This was years before 9/11

Given that Airport security wasn't implemented until after (and because of) 9/11, how would you have passed through security with a burrito before 9/11?

[pseudalopex]

> Given that Airport security wasn't implemented until after (and because of) 9/11

You were confused because this belief was false.

[fallinghawks]

As others said, security definitely existed, typically in the form of metal detectors and x ray scans. Planes had been hijacked since the 70s and that's when it started. 9/11 just ramped up security to very high levels.

[IAmBroom]

> Given that Airport security wasn't implemented until after (and because of) 9/11

Wildly false.