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Old Sep 26, 2006 | 12:31 pm
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Originally Posted by GeoGirl
Hey Bart, here's another one:
My stepmom has MS, walks with a cane, and qualifies as disabled/handicapped. She has great difficulty taking off her shoes. Previously, she had been able to sit down and have a TSA agent do a bunch of wanding and some hand swiping tests to check for whatever. We were discussing the new regulations the other night at dinner and she said she plans to still refuse to remove her shoes. I said I didn't know if anyone was allowed to refuse the shoe carnival anymore, but she was pretty certain. What's the word on this situation?

GG
I'm so sorry, GeoGirl, but the www.tsa.gov website is explicit that all pax must remove their shoes. Again, my apologies for my gov't.'s position on this matter.
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