Wed, Mar 21, 2012
Young Boy In A Wheel Chair Shown Receiving Additional Screening
A video is making its way around the Internet showing a very young boy in a wheelchair due to a broken leg receiving additional screening as he gets ready to board a flight in Chicago to Walt Disney World with his family.
In the video, the screener talks with the boy, and his father, who is making the video, seems to be cooperating fully with the TSA screener. But the text added to the video says "TSA nabs suspected Al Queda terrorist." Additional text embedded in the video goes on to describe how outraged the father is that the boy is being screened for explosives.
But a report in the Chicago Tribune says that the video may not be the outrage that its been called. While there are legitimate questions to be raised about TSA screening procedures, the paper reports that several of the perceptions about the video are questionable.
The video, which shows a TSA agent patting down the 3-year-old boy and swabbing his leg cast for bomb residue, was reportedly shot at O'Hare International. But a TSA official told the paper the incident actually happened at Midway Airport. Additionally, it occurred in the spring of 2010, about a year and a half before the TSA relaxed its requirements for screening children 12 and under in September of 2011.
But true to form, TSA would not say definitively whether the 3-year-old boy would have received additional screening under the less-stringent rules for children. The video has been viewed nearly 100,000 times. (Frame capture from YouTube video)
More News
Light Gun A handheld directional light signaling device which emits a brilliant narrow beam of white, green, or red light as selected by the tower controller. The color and type of>[...]
"The journey to this achievement started nearly a decade ago when a freshly commissioned Gentry, driven by a fascination with new technologies and a desire to contribute significan>[...]
Aero Linx: JAARS, Inc. For decades now, we’ve landed planes on narrow rivers and towering mountains. We’ve outfitted boats and vehicles to reach villages that rarely se>[...]
"Our driven and innovative team of military and civilian Airmen delivers combat power daily, ensuring our nation is ready today and tomorrow." Source: General Duke Richardson, AFMC>[...]
Aircraft Conflict Predicted conflict, within EDST of two aircraft, or between aircraft and airspace. A Red alert is used for conflicts when the predicted minimum separation is 5 na>[...]