TSA Agents Took My Son


	TSA Agents Took My Son

BartendingBear

10-16-2009 8:00 PM

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BartendingBear says:

A pacifier clip sets off a metal detector and a mom's nightmare begins.

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10-17-2009 8:20 AM

BartendingBear

This story is now refuted on the TSA Blog.

10-19-2009 4:42 AM

darkeforce

Well, blogs are this generation's "diaries", and people are often known to fictionalize in their diaries...

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