It might be wise to stay out of the Lubbock, Texas airport if you have any sort of piercings. On February 24 a woman named Mandi Hamlin set off the alarms when she went through the security check on her way to Dallas.It's my nipples she told the security checker. I have nipple rings.
Mandi was told to remove the nipple rings. She said she wouldn't. She was then told she could not get on the plane. So, Mandi gave in and was taken behind a privacy curtain where she successfully removed the bar parts of the piercings, but she could not get the rings loose.
Mandi began to cry. She told her torturers that she needed pliers to get the rings off. She was given pliers. She was successful. She was scanned again, and again set off the alarms. It was a belly button ring this time. But she was allowed to board without removing the belly button ring.
Apparently belly buttons present much less of a threat than nipples. The Transportation Security Administration is investigating the incident.
Gloria Allred is Mandi's lawyer. I hope she gets a good settlement.
CNN's report says she didn't set off the walk-thru detector, but they pulled her aside for additional screening.
ReplyDeleteThe version I read said she set off the walk-thru detector, then they wanded her trying to find where the problem was. She then told them she thought it was her nipple rings causing the problem. If she had not set off the walk-thru detector's alarm how could the metal get discovered?
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