There are plenty of indignities that people face when they confront the TSA at the airport. But lately the agency has hit a new low by endangering the life or at least the health of a pregnant, diabetic woman.
According to a news report from a Denver TV station, TSA employees seized a woman’s insulin, syringe, and needles. (Note that if you don’t have enough insulin in your body – either by natural production or through injections – you will die):
The Aurora woman was traveling alone to a baby shower in Phoenix when she was questioned by a TSA agent as she went through security around 4 p.m. Thursday.
“He’s like, ‘Well, you’re a risk.’ I’m like, ‘Excuse me?’ And he’s like, ‘This is a risk … I can’t tell you why again. But this is at risk for explosives,'” the woman said. She asked 7NEWS not to use her name for fear of retaliation for speaking out.
“I got a bottle of nail polish. I got hair spray bottles. I got needles that are syringes. But yet I can’t take through my actual insulin?” she asked.
The TSA: Annoying and endangering Americans since 2001.
From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20110807/MIVIEW/108070320/LaPlante–The-Daily-Grope—diabetic-harassment#ixzz1UqSXQP29