Thomas Sawyer is already quite familiar with TSA patdowns, seeing as they already spilled urine on him last November. Once should be enough, right? Nope. The exact same thing happened again. What? For old time’s sake?
Sawyer was travelling from Detroit Metro Airport to Orlando on July 14 when he had to relive this nightmare. The same trip. The same roughness. The same ruptured urostomy bag. The same humiliation:
“I thought that I had really made a difference for people flying with urostomies, I really did,” the 62-year-old told the Free Press on Friday. “I’m angry this time. They can’t be training them properly.”
And this is especially galling because the TSA apologised for the first incident. Their head administrator, John Pistole, even issued an official apology, stating that an investigation would soon be underway. So what happened? The investigation ended and they said, “Welp! Let’s get back to feeling up the elderly!” How do you not learn from something like this? [Detroit Free Press via AOL Travel]
EckyThump
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 9:21 AMJust another symptom of the US’s quickening degeneration into a Police State! Coming soon… ID tattoos printed across the forehead!! #}
Martin
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 11:12 AMtypical knee jerk reaction, then nothing happens. it will only take a massive class action lawsuit before things will change.
Franz
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 4:59 PMWell surely now someone will do something hilarious like go to the airport (not having bought a plane ticket, or buy a refundable one) and pat down the TSA agent before the TSA agent pats him down, what are they going to do, sue the guy for sexual assault?! HA!
Scoon
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 6:50 PMThey must be taking the piss… anyone? Anyone?
EckyThump
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 7:57 AMOh, stop now, you’re just being silly….! #)