tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post4892724055082890458..comments2024-03-18T21:26:34.716-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): 95-year-old woman in wheelchair has to remove her adult diaper for a TSA inspectionMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-29140353933604348922011-06-30T00:31:04.769-05:002011-06-30T00:31:04.769-05:00@Seban678
THIS.@Seban678<br /><br />THIS.Christiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-54210902596298643142011-06-28T02:38:00.573-05:002011-06-28T02:38:00.573-05:00Still waiting for the "TSA catches terrorist&...Still waiting for the "TSA catches terrorist" article..Seban678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-41934191753874794282011-06-28T00:24:00.313-05:002011-06-28T00:24:00.313-05:00Apparently the Depends undergarment was "wet ...Apparently the Depends undergarment was "wet and firm" and agents felt something suspicious but couldn't determine what it was. Here is a slightly more detailed (and recent) version of the events. I'm not defending the agents' actions, just offering a bit more detail, according to CNN.<br /><br />http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/06/27/florida.tsa.incident/index.html?hpt=hp_p1expatQLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16000119830847919774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-52644281931007919622011-06-27T19:32:44.842-05:002011-06-27T19:32:44.842-05:00Of course she had to remove her diaper. The evil b...Of course she had to remove her diaper. The evil bitch obviously was out to get the TSA zero tolerance, gourd brained idiots. Just because you are unable to walk and are about to die should not exempt you from an intrusive and embarrassing search; unless, of course, you are black or Arabic looking.<br />It has been clear to me for almost a decade that the terrorists won exactly what they wanted.bigjohn756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-21792722190588409532011-06-27T19:10:18.803-05:002011-06-27T19:10:18.803-05:00Yep, this one goes off the bad end of the bell cur...Yep, this one goes off the bad end of the bell curve....<br /><br />But as reported in the Washington Post <br /><br />"Weber, a waitress, said she was told the diaper would have to be removed so the agents could finish their pat-down. They had not packed any extra diapers in their carry-on because her mother has never needed backups before.<br /><br />“She had to remove them,” Weber said. “She would not be cleared with those Depends on.”<br /><br />TSA officials said the agency’s inspectors did nothing wrong and followed proper procedure. Spokesman Nick Kimball also said the officers did not force Reppert to remove the diaper.<br /><br />“While every person and item must be screened before entering the secure boarding area, TSA works with passengers to resolve security alarms in a respectful and sensitive manner,” Kimball said.<br /><br />Officials offered to pull their luggage off the plane so Reppert could change into a clean diaper, but Weber said she feared her mother, a retired nurse, would miss her flight.<br /><br />“She is frail. I had arranged for these times because it’s the time she was the strongest every day,” Weber said. “I just did not want to put her through some kind of wait.”<br /><br />However, Weber said the agents would not allow her to remove the diaper in the screening room — so she had to take her mother to a restroom outside the security area, and then wait in line to be screened again. The second time, Weber said she triggered an alarm herself because she was upset and crying.<br /><br />They tested her purse for chemicals while her mother finished her pat-down in private, she said. By then, she had lost her pass allowing her to escort her mother to her gate and asked airport workers to take the woman.<br /><br />“It was a traumatic moment for me because I know my mother is very ill and hopefully I can get up to see her before anything happens,” Weber said.<br /><br />TSA has tightened security after a Nigerian man was charged with trying to ignite explosives he had hidden in his underwear on a flight to Detroit from Europe on Christmas Day 2009."<br /><br />Yes, this was a true clusterf**k. <br /><br />And not to blame the woman or her daughter or condone the TSA, but nearly every female between the ages of 13 and her fifties knows to **carry extra protection** with her in case of accidents, early or heavy menstrual periods. Having an extra diaper along at least would have made the remainder of the trip better for elderly woman.<br /><br />CCLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-84339459864149619352011-06-27T13:51:27.150-05:002011-06-27T13:51:27.150-05:00Am I the only one who noticed that her diaper was ...Am I the only one who noticed that her diaper was described as "soiled", but that her daughter didn't bring her a spare, clean one? TSA might have done her a favor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-9222868805301599312011-06-27T12:43:52.895-05:002011-06-27T12:43:52.895-05:00So TSA does searches at random and occasionally ge...So TSA does searches at random and occasionally get an elderly person or a child everyone complains. <br /><br />If TSA profiles their searches everyone complains.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-54524403179597000762011-06-27T11:56:07.159-05:002011-06-27T11:56:07.159-05:00Yeah, but at least the US isn't a socialist na...Yeah, but at least the US isn't a socialist nanny state like those European countries!Fletcherhttp://oregonexpat.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-78000518880229531312011-06-27T11:07:10.876-05:002011-06-27T11:07:10.876-05:00Your last comment suggests that bureaucrats have c...Your last comment suggests that bureaucrats have control over what intrusive policies they enforce. We're responsible, collectively. Politicians exploit and manipulate public fear to expand the police state, but we're getting by-and-large what we've voted for. Our representatives can reign in intrusive security measures and protect civil liberties, but our population is too ignorant and cowardly to ask for that.BJNnoreply@blogger.com