Nightmare at Reagan National Airport

Rob Williams

Editor-in-Chief
Staff member
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Here's a story that you will want to avoid if you get pissed off easily. This woman went through Reagan National Airport, only to be harassed and detained (effectively helping her miss her flight), all because her 19-month old son had a sippy cup with some water in it.

"I demanded to speak to a TSA [Transportation Security Administration] supervisor who asked me if the water in the sippy cup was 'nursery water or other bottled water.' I explained that the sippy cup water was filtered tap water. The sippy cup was seized as my son was pointing and crying for his cup. I asked if I could drink the water to get the cup back, and was advised that I would have to leave security and come back through with an empty cup in order to retain the cup. As I was escorted out of security by TSA and a police officer, I unscrewed the cup to drink the water, which accidentally spilled because I was so upset with the situation.

http://www.nowpublic.com/nightmare_..._a_security_story_to_end_all_security_stories
 

Greg King

I just kinda show up...
Staff member
Absolutely uncalled for. I appreciate the stepped up security when I fly but this airport security group went way beyond what is acceptable. However, they seemed to have followed the rules, just a little to much to the letter.
 
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