[nagdu] Guide dogs and airport security

[Passle Helminski]

>They wanted to do a cavity search too but I stood my ground.


Passle




>Wow! And I thought the pair that ended up deciding to start snapping on
>latex gloves to do a cavity search of my guide dog pushed the limits...
>Well, in that instance, the snapping of the latex and the absolute shock
>that they could even *think* that sort of thing would be necessary snapped
>me out of my cooperative stupor. I didn't even have to stand up to look the
>super tall guy of the snapping gloves in the eye and give him The Look.
>While brushing off the female guard who didn't want said suspcious cavity
>dog anywhere near her while she was still fussing over me looking for
>whatever it was we must be trying to sneak past them.  /lol/
>
>I had always been of the belief that simply cooperating with airport
>security was the course of reason ...  So that changed on the spot!
>
>Complete destruction of guide dog harness tops the cavity search proposal,
>though.  Good grief!
>
>Glad you took them on and won!
>
>Tami Smith-Kinney
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
>Of Passle Helminski
>Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 11:52 AM
>To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>Subject: Re: [nagdu] Guide dogs and airport security
>
>Just after 9/11 in the Philadelphia airport they took my guides
>harness apart.  Stitching and all so I could not harness her up.  I
>talked to my local chapter and they called are state president who
>sued the airport and won.  Please contact our PA president James
>Antonacci.
>
>Passle
>
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