My dad walked through with a Leatherman accidentally, set off the metal detector. He got let through eventually. I seem to remember someone escorting him out t

My dad walked through with a Leatherman accidentally, set off the metal detector. He got let through eventually. I seem to remember someone escorting him out to let him put in in his parked car, which to my mind seems unusually accommodating but I'm pretty sure that's what happened.