www.Parctel.com: Ticket dodgers beware: John Smeaton, the baggage handler catapulted to superhero status after he took on terrorist attackers, has quit his job to become head of security at a car park.
But never fear, the secure parking facility is just two miles from Glasgow Airport where the man known as "Smeato" won global recognition for felling alleged terrorists as a blazing car was driven into the terminal in June.
After 13 years' service at the airport, Mr Smeaton, 31, from Erskine, Renfrewshire, who was on a cigarette break when the attack happened, handed in his resignation.
He said: "I'll be really sad to leave, but now is the right time to move on. I'm looking forward to a new start and hopefully getting my life back to some sort of normality."
John McGlynn, founder and chairman of the Airlink Group, which owns Parksafe, the car park, approached Mr Smeaton.
Last month, Mr Smeaton won a Pride of Britain award for his actions. He was given a standing ovation at a recent Labour Party conference and thanked personally at Downing Street by Gordon Brown.
Source: ALISON CHIESA, The Herald
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