TSA Agents Can't Tell a Hero From a Terrorist
Jul 9, 2013 19:08:57 GMT -5
Post by schwartzie on Jul 9, 2013 19:08:57 GMT -5
The TSA agents who can't tell a hero from a terrorist: Moment wounded Iraq veteran marine was treated 'shamefully' because he couldn't raise his injured arm and was ordered to take off dress uniform because it had 'too much metal'
Cpl. Nathan Kemnitz was awarded a Purple Heart after he almost died from an injury incurred from a roadside bomb while serving in Iraq
At the Sacramento Airport, screeners looked under his medals, ran their hands under his waistband and swabbed his shoes for explosives
Visiting the state capitol building to be honored as veteran of the year for his district, he was told to take off his dress blues 'because he was wearing too much metal'
TSA said veterans were treated with utmost dignity and those with injuries were screened in a manner sensitive to their disability
By Ashley Collman
PUBLISHED: 21:06 EST, 8 July 2013 | UPDATED: 12:43 EST, 9 July 2013
A wounded war veteran has described the moment security agents treated him like a 'terrorist' on a recent trip to California because he couldn't raise his injured right arm in a full-body scanner and his dress uniform contained 'too much metal.'
Cpl. Nathan Kemnitz was awarded a Purple Heart after he almost died in 2004 from an injury incurred from a roadside bomb in Fallujah, Iraq. The brave soldier recently traveled to Sacramento, California to receive another award as his district's veteran of the year.
But, what should have been a celebratory experience was tainted when suspicious security workers at both the Sacramento International Airport and the California State Capitol Buildings subjected him to intense screenings and even ordered him to take off his uniform.
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Thorough: Cpl. Nathan Kemnitz's friend Patricia Martin took pictures of the tough security screenings the Purple Heart awarded Marine was subjected to
Thorough: Cpl. Nathan Kemnitz's friend Patricia Martin took pictures of the tough security screenings the Purple Heart awarded Marine was subjected to
Because of the injury Kemnitz suffered in the blast, he can't lift his right arm above his head, which has made getting through security lines increasingly difficult.
'At some places I'm treated like royalty and at some like a terrorist. There's got to be something in the middle,' he said.
The rest of the story, and lots of pictures, are at the link:
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2358616/Purple-Heart-Marine-treated-shamelessly-TSA-tried-explain-roadside-bomb-injuries-prevented-raising-right-arm-body-scan.html#ixzz2Yb2xRaxb
Cpl. Nathan Kemnitz was awarded a Purple Heart after he almost died from an injury incurred from a roadside bomb while serving in Iraq
At the Sacramento Airport, screeners looked under his medals, ran their hands under his waistband and swabbed his shoes for explosives
Visiting the state capitol building to be honored as veteran of the year for his district, he was told to take off his dress blues 'because he was wearing too much metal'
TSA said veterans were treated with utmost dignity and those with injuries were screened in a manner sensitive to their disability
By Ashley Collman
PUBLISHED: 21:06 EST, 8 July 2013 | UPDATED: 12:43 EST, 9 July 2013
A wounded war veteran has described the moment security agents treated him like a 'terrorist' on a recent trip to California because he couldn't raise his injured right arm in a full-body scanner and his dress uniform contained 'too much metal.'
Cpl. Nathan Kemnitz was awarded a Purple Heart after he almost died in 2004 from an injury incurred from a roadside bomb in Fallujah, Iraq. The brave soldier recently traveled to Sacramento, California to receive another award as his district's veteran of the year.
But, what should have been a celebratory experience was tainted when suspicious security workers at both the Sacramento International Airport and the California State Capitol Buildings subjected him to intense screenings and even ordered him to take off his uniform.
Scroll down for video
Thorough: Cpl. Nathan Kemnitz's friend Patricia Martin took pictures of the tough security screenings the Purple Heart awarded Marine was subjected to
Thorough: Cpl. Nathan Kemnitz's friend Patricia Martin took pictures of the tough security screenings the Purple Heart awarded Marine was subjected to
Because of the injury Kemnitz suffered in the blast, he can't lift his right arm above his head, which has made getting through security lines increasingly difficult.
'At some places I'm treated like royalty and at some like a terrorist. There's got to be something in the middle,' he said.
The rest of the story, and lots of pictures, are at the link:
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2358616/Purple-Heart-Marine-treated-shamelessly-TSA-tried-explain-roadside-bomb-injuries-prevented-raising-right-arm-body-scan.html#ixzz2Yb2xRaxb
