Elderly woman asked to remove adult diaper during TSA search

LAUREN SAGE REINLIE
News Herald
June 26, 2011

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.

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This article was posted: Sunday, June 26, 2011 at 12:10 pm

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