Wednesday, October 5, 2011

TSA Pat Downs Out of Control?

Lori Dorn, a breast cancer patient who underwent a bilateral mastectomy operation (tissue connectors for reconstruction at a later date) in April was refused her plea to retrieve her medical documentation of this from her purse and was forced to undergo "humiliating" breast exam by a TSA agent in front of the other travelers and employees in the area during her movement through airport security.

TSA claims it will use this unfortunate occurrence as a learning experience and provide further training to agents, but TSA seems to be having a particularly difficult time with treating cancer patients respectfully (see article at bottom).

In more detail, from Yahoo/ Associated Press: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/breast-cancer-patient-tsa-pat-down-humiliating-174918023.html

95-year-old cancer patient's airport security ordeal- From Yahoo's The Lookout: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/tsa-defends-search-elderly-cancer-stricken-woman-florida-133354742.html

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