TSA Pats Down Cancer-Stricken 95-Year-Old Woman

If this had happened to my mother, I would have gone so ballistic, they would have me in leg-irons.

This from CNN:

"The Transportation Security Administration stood by its security officers Sunday after a Florida woman complained that her cancer-stricken, 95-year-old mother was patted down and forced to remove her adult diaper while going through security.

"Reports of the incident took hold in social media, with scores of comments on the topic and reposts appearing hourly on Twitter Sunday afternoon.

"The TSA released a statement Sunday defending its agents' actions at the Northwest Florida Regional Airport."

My mother always hated to fly. In the end, she was in a wheelchair and had serious health problems, as this woman did. She had such dignity -- I can just imagine how she would have reacted. What I can't conceive is, why any TSA official -- unless he or she received a tip or an alert of some kind -- would pat down a woman this elderly and this infirm -- who, facing a plane flight, probably wasn't having a good day in the first place.

"Every traveler is a critical partner in TSA's efforts to keep our skies safe," Agency Administrator John Pistole said last fall. "And I know and appreciate that the vast majority of Americans recognize and respect the important work we do."

I thought I did. I don't anymore.

Read the full CNN story.
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