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Old Sep 7, 2011 | 11:45 am
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Originally Posted by flyermatthew
TSA made me take the boots off, keep standing through the frisking (while barking at me to stand up straight, and not put my weight primarily on my good ankle), and seemed to squeeze my bruised ankle extra-hard to make sure I had not strapped anything to it. It was painful enough I almost wished they were squeezing my testicles instead.
That never should have happened! Did you tell them there was a medical issue why you couldn't remove your boot?
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