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Monday, November 22, 2010

they keep printing them

i'm going to keep posting them
this one from the amputee coalition of america

ACA Calls for Improved Screening Procedures for TSA

“I had just been put in the Plexiglas screening booth,” said Peggy. “My 4-year-old son was made to sit across from me, crying because they would not let him touch me. Everyone was looking at us. Then the TSA agent asked for my prosthetic leg. I knew they could wand my leg, but he insisted on taking it from me. And if that wasn’t humiliating enough, he asked for the liner sock that covers my residual limb, saying I had to give it to him. I felt pressured to give him my liner even though it is critical to keep it sanitary. I was embarrassed to have my residual limb exposed in public.”........


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The following articles address this growing concern.
Report Faults TSA's Treatment of Amputees
June 28, 2010
Washington Post
Knoxville-Based Amputee Group Questions TSA
June 23, 2010
WATE
Out on a Limb
June 23, 2010
New York Post
TSA Airport Security Screeners Disregard Procedures, Safety and Respect for Amputees, According to Amputee Coalition of America Survey
June 23, 2010
Amputee News..........


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