TSA denies asking wounded Marine to remove prosthetic legs for screening - Spokane Conservative | Examiner.com

TSA denies asking wounded Marine to remove prosthetic legs for screening - Spokane Conservative | Examiner.com
On Wednesday, the TSA denied asking a wounded Marine to remove his prosthetic legs in Phoenix, saying on its blog that "there has been a lot of misreporting" about the incident.
On Tuesday, the Washington Times said that inspectors with the TSA "forced a wounded Marine who lost both of his legs in an IED blast and who was in a wheelchair to remove his prosthetic legs at one point, and at another point to stand painfully on his legs while his wheelchair was examined," citing a complaint filed by Rep. Duncan Hunter, a California Republican.
“A TSA office asked the Marine to stand and walk to an alternate area, despite the fact that he physically could not stand or walk on his own. With numerous TSA officers sitting and unwilling to assist, an officer then made him remove his legs, then put them back on, only to advance to a secondary screening location where he was asked again to stand, with extraordinary difficult, while his wheelchair was examined for explosives,” Hunter said.