Saturday, August 25, 2018

The TSA Horror Stories Ordinary People Experience

By Edward Bailey


Everyone probably has their own story about the transport security administration that has mortified them to no ends. The TSA has been quite notorious for their enhanced pat downs and full body screenings which many regard as a form of harassment. These tsa horror stories will show what exactly goes on in the airport security checkpoints and how people are affected.

From those who come from different cultures or religious backgrounds, it is definitely possible to experience some sort of discrimination with these procedures. One man, Gurdeep Singh Bawa had to remove his turban when he went under the scanner even if he passed the metal scanning. In his culture, it is rude to allow others to touch the turban, as per his religion.

There is also a story about this woman who was on a flight from Texas who was stopped by the agents. The agents sexually harassed her by forcing her to take off her blouse, exposing her breasts to them so that they can thoroughly check her. This made her file a complaint which was not reciprocated in anyway. So she just filed a lawsuit against the agency and kept her name anonymous from the reporters or news channels.

Another person, who shared her story on Reddit, experienced an extremely annoying agent who wanted to take apart her sleep apnea machine because it looked strange. She allowed but also got the name of the supervisor in charge so that they could take responsibility if she died in her sleep because her machine did not work properly anymore. Due to this, the agency did replace the sleep apnea machine that they took apart.

Cathy Bassi, who was a survivor of breast cancer and had a prosthetic breast was also very mortified by the procedure. The agents detected the prosthetic breast through the scanner and forced Bassi to reveal it for the agents to see. The agents even touched the prosthetic breast probably thinking it was something else.

Not even the children were spared as there was a story about a six year old boy whose father made an anonymous blog about the whole experience. The six year old boy as forced to undergo the enhanced pat down wherein his testicles were touched by the agents. They were not even given the choice to go through the scanner.

Of course, not everyone cooperated with the agents as this man, John Tyner showed everyone. In an interview in Fox News, Tyner stated that he refused both the pat down and the full body screening as he stated it to be illegal and a violation of human rights. Due to this, the agents eventually escorted Tyner out of the airport prompting him to miss his flight.

These stories give a clear picture at how abusive transport security agents can be at times whenever they feel like. Unfortunately, complaints would usually fall on deaf ears when people want justice. As one can read in these stories above, they're all actually enough to discourage people from flying to certain places already because of the possible abuse that they may experience.




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