TSA makes an 95 year old woman remove her adult diaper for a patdown

What part of the game is THIS?!?!

The Transportation Security Administration stood by its security officers Sunday after a Florida woman complained that her cancer-stricken, 95-year-old mother was patted down and forced to remove her adult diaper while going through security.

Reports of the incident took hold in social media, with scores of comments on the topic and reposts appearing hourly on Twitter Sunday afternoon.

The TSA released a statement Sunday defending its agents’ actions at the Northwest Florida Regional Airport.

“While every person and item must be screened before entering the secure boarding area, TSA works with passengers to resolve security alarms in a respectful and sensitive manner,” the federal agency said. “We have reviewed the circumstances involving this screening and determined that our officers acted professionally and according to proper procedure.”

Jean Weber, the woman’s daughter was very upset at the idea that her mother was being subjected to such an embarrassing procedure.

While going through security, the 95-year-old was taken by a TSA officer into a glassed-in area, where a pat-down was performed, Weber said. An agent told Weber “they felt something suspicious on (her mother’s) leg and they couldn’t determine what it was” — leading them to take her into a private, closed room.

Soon after, Weber said, a TSA agent came out and told her that her mother’s Depend undergarment was “wet and it was firm, and they couldn’t check it thoroughly.” The mother and daughter left to find a bathroom, at the TSA officer’s request, to take off the adult diaper.

Uh, “wet” and “firm”?? That’s just plain gross.

What’s worse is that Weber was so upset at her mother’s treatment that TSA began to treat her like a terrorist.

Weber said she burst into tears during the ordeal, forcing her own pat-down and other measures in accordance with TSA protocol. But she said her mother, a nurse for 65 years, “was very calm” despite being bothered by the fact that she had to go through the airport without underwear.

Look, we get it. The airlines want to fly as safely as possible, but come on! Where is the line going to be drawn?! They got old ladies rolling around the airport with no draws and that ain’t cool on any level! SMH

Do you think that TSA should have the right to do whatever is necessary to secure plane passengers, or have they overstepped their boundaries???

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