After nearly two decades, taking off shoes is now a thing of the past at some U.S. airports. Multiple news sources say the TSA has sent an internal memo to security officers about testing the new policy in a soft launch at security checkpoints. Several locations where shoes will no longer need to come off include Baltimore/Washington International Airport, New York's LaGuardia, L-A-X, Philadelphia International Airport and Fort Lauderdale International Airport. The rule was put in place back in 2006 when Richard Reid, known as the shoe bomber, attempted to blow up a plane with explosives hidden in his shoes.