O'Hare Scare Was a Key Fob in a Garbage Can

Cops restrict parts of Terminal 2 while investigating what ended up being a harmless noise
Posted Oct 26, 2026 10:19 AM CDT
Scare in O'Hare Garbage Can Ends Up Being ... a Key Fob
Not so scary, really.   (Getty Images/jroballo)

Travelers at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport got a brief scare Sunday over what turned out to be a wayward set of keys. As CBS News reports, police were called around 9:21am to Terminal 2 after reports of a beeping sound coming from a trash can, prompting restricted access to parts of the area while officers checked it out. The culprit: a discarded key fob, authorities said. The terminal remained open throughout, and Chicago police gave the all-clear a little while later, notes CBS. No injuries or threats were reported.

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