It turns out people leave more than their dignity behind while passing through airport security checkpoints. Like, $926,030 more.

Everyone is familiar with the airport security drill by now: the long lines, the stone-faced security personnel, the stressed, beltless travelers shuffling along in their stocking feet hoping to avoid a wanding or a pat down.

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.