TSA tracks down girl with cerebral palsy at gate for 2nd screening
With her crutches and orthotics, Dina cannot walk through metal detectors and instead is patted down by security agents.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
(Jonathon M. Seidl) “Does this girl look like a terrorist?”
That’s the question The Daily asked in its headline about little Dina Frank, a seven-year-old with cerebral palsy. Why is it asking that? Because Dina’s parents are telling a stunning story about what happened with their daughter this week at a TSA checkpoint in New York.
(Related: TSA pats down 4-year-old girl and defends itself for doing it)
While traveling from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport to Florida this week, Dina and her parents had to endure two separate screenings from TSA. Why two? Because after the agents had cleared Dina one time, they came back later to her gate and told her that wasn’t enough and she was forced to endure it a second time.
