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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis 9-year-old boy was held by TSA agents because of his pacemaker
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http://www.aol.com/article/2016/08/24/this-9-year-old-boy-was-held-by-tsa-agents-because-of-his-pacema/21458289/
It all started when Chille Bergstrom and his mother, Ali, were heading through security at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix Saturday morning.
See, Chille was born with a rare heart condition that has forced him to undergo 15 open-heart surgeries, and he needs a pacemaker to keep him alive....
From there, Ali says armed police officers and TSA agents subjected them to a lengthy and demeaning search.
In a Facebook post about the incident, Ali said one of the agents told them "some terrorist plots use children with pacemakers."
See, Chille was born with a rare heart condition that has forced him to undergo 15 open-heart surgeries, and he needs a pacemaker to keep him alive....
From there, Ali says armed police officers and TSA agents subjected them to a lengthy and demeaning search.
In a Facebook post about the incident, Ali said one of the agents told them "some terrorist plots use children with pacemakers."
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This 9-year-old boy was held by TSA agents because of his pacemaker (Original Post)
KamaAina
Aug 2016
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Laffy Kat
(16,389 posts)1. The child had f*cking documents and a huge scar on this sternum.
What the hell more did they need? This is inexcusable.
Person 2713
(3,263 posts)2. Sick
sakabatou
(42,186 posts)3. WTF indeed
ronnie624
(5,764 posts)4. "some terrorist plots use children with pacemakers."
Racist bullshit that vilifies anyone who looks like they might be a Muslim to the average, shallow-thinking American.
ArcticFox
(1,249 posts)5. my white nine year old daughter got a pat-down after her retainer set off a metal detector
In Europe.
Twelve year olds are suicide bombing now.
We weren't upset. It makes sense.