Four-year-old Ryan Thomas was on his way to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., with his parents when TSA agents forced him to take off his leg braces at Philadelphia International Airport in March 2009.
This incident took place in March 2009. The TSA has been out of control for a lot longer than the whole backscatter deal.
Our two-year old son has leg braces to help compensate for his partial hemiplegia, caused by his brain tumor. If we were asked to take them off and have him walk without them due to “safety concerns,” I’d punch the TSA officer in the goddamn mouth.