TSA Forces Cancer Survivor Flight Attendant to drag Out Prosthetic Breast During Patdown [Tsa]

Flight attendant and cancer survivor Cathy Bossi goes through a body scanner, despite not desirous to expose herself to radiation. She’s taken back to a screening area for further examination. A TSA agent gropes her and asks ” What is this?”

When Bossi tells the agent ” It’s my prosthesis because I’ve had breast cancer,” the agent replies, ” Well, you’ll must show me that.” Bossi is forced to remove the prosthesis from her bra and show it to the agent.

The TSA told WBTV, who reported the incident, that agents aren’t allowed to remove prosthetics themselves, but they may be allowed to ” ask to work out and touch” any passenger’s prosthetic.

Bossi, a veteran flight attendant of 32 years, was just seeking to go to work. Read the overall story here: [ WBTV via Daring Fireball , Photo: AP]

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