Great news!
Sarah, perhaps we will work together at some point on a loop closing?

Xeni, you just described exactly what happened to me at LAX in December on the way to Oahu. We didn't get an explanation; they just kept yelling "freeze."

I was already running late for a flight because my travel partner was pulled aside for a special security check in that consisted of them barely looking at her passport (from the Netherlands) and stamping her boarding pass after making us wait in an hour-long line.

Since we were running late, I picked up her bags after they'd gone through the X-ray, since she was busy being frisked and having powder rubbed on her shoes. Since I had touched her bags, they had to go through the X-ray machine a second time ... in case I had somehow slipped something in even though a TSA person had been watching me the whole time.

If weren't in danger of missing our flight (which we miraculously made), I would have asked for an explanation.