TSA Thugs Harass 4-Year-Old Disabled Boy

Daniel Rubin
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Just when I thought I was out of the Transportation Security Administration business for a few columns, they pull me back in.

Did you hear about the Camden cop whose disabled son wasn’t allowed to pass through airport security unless he took off his leg braces?

Unfortunately, it’s no joke. This happened to Bob Thomas, a 53-year-old officer in Camden’s emergency crime suppression team, who was flying to Orlando in March with his wife, Leona, and their son, Ryan.

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The alarm went off.

The screener told them to take off the boy’s braces.

• A d v e r t i s e m e n t

The Thomases were dumbfounded. “I told them he can’t walk without them on his own,” Bob Thomas said.

“He said, ‘He’ll need to take them off.’ ”

Ryan’s mother offered to walk him through the detector after they removed the braces, which are custom-made of metal and hardened plastic.

No, the screener replied. The boy had to walk on his own.

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This article was posted: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at 5:21 am

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