There weren’t any shooters on the rooftops. No increase in police presence. The airport wasn’t closed off. The baggage handlers did everything naturally. No one was looking away from his or her jobs. And no one was wearing a gun.

He parked the car. No one accosted him. No one was fiddling with his keys, trying to get a nearby car unlocked. No bum slumped against the wall, with enough bags beside him to conceal a shotgun. There was no one staring at him, no one watching him ...