Elderly woman asked to remove adult diaper during TSA search
Liberty Sunday, June 26th, 2011
By LAUREN SAGE REINLIE, NewsHerald.com
A woman has filed a complaint with federal authorities over how her elderly mother was treated at Northwest Florida Regional Airport last weekend.
Jean Weber of Destin filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security after her 95-year-old mother was detained and extensively searched last Saturday while trying to board a plane to fly to Michigan to be with family members during the final stages of her battle with leukemia.
Her mother, who was in a wheelchair, was asked to remove an adult diaper in order to complete a pat-down search.
“It’s something I couldn’t imagine happening on American soil,” Weber said Friday. “Here is my mother, 95 years old, 105 pounds, barely able to stand, and then this.”
Sari Koshetz, a spokeswoman for the Transportation Security Administration in Miami, said she could not comment on specific cases to protect the privacy of those involved.
“The TSA works with passengers to resolve any security alarms in a respectful and sensitive manner,” she said.
Weber’s mother entered the airport’s security checkpoint in a wheelchair because she was not stable enough to walk through, Weber said.
Wheelchairs trigger certain protocols, including pat-downs and possible swabbing for explosives, Koshetz said.
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And the airlines wonder why I cancelled all of my programs and sent them each a letter saying my monies will be found in the rental car industry.
Nothing so criminal as to treat a 95 year old, 105 pounds, barely able to stand to such humiliation for no apparent reason. Hope that the TSA agaents in question are dismissed.
Just Saying