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This 9-year-old boy was held by TSA agents because of his pacemaker
Not. The. Onion.
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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What the hell more did they need? This is inexcusable.
