But she realised it was still breathing and cut it loose with a pocket knife.

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Remember, the only American merchant ship ever almost taken by pirates defeated the pirates with a pocket knife.

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The bartender had a pocket knife on the counter.

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"On average that takes two to three minutes for the pocket knife to be identified, for that bag to be pulled, for that bag to be opened, for the knife to be found, " he added.

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Things have moved on a little since the solution of the pocket-knife.

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"When you have someone like you or me who doesn't intend to attack a flight, whether we have a Swiss Army knife in our pocket or not doesn't make any difference, " said Ron, president of Virginia-based New Age Security Solutions and former head of security of Ben-Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Now she walked more deliberately, but with a bone-handled carving knife ready in her pocket.

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Audetat also found a foldable knife with a 4-inch blade in Loughner's front pocket.

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