{"id":2562,"date":"2002-06-04T14:06:24","date_gmt":"2002-06-04T19:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=2562"},"modified":"2002-06-04T14:06:24","modified_gmt":"2002-06-04T19:06:24","slug":"just_when_you_t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/06\/04\/just_when_you_t.html","title":{"rendered":"Just when you thought it was safe to get back on airplanes again …"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a while since we’ve heard goofy stories about airport security. They’re still going on, though.<\/p>\n

Meet Lt. Greg Miller, US Army, special forces medic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lt. Miller was shot in the jaw in Kandahar, Afghanistan. His jaw was wired shut. He was put on leave and returned to the States. <\/p>\n

Because he could potentially strangle if he become airsick, the military doctors gave him a small set of wire clippers, with rounded blades under an inch long, so that he could unwire his jaw in an emergency so that he wouldn’t die, choked on his own vomit<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Flying from his home in Texas to visit his mother in San Francisco, the airport security folks, reasonably, allowed him to board with the wire clippers. They even put a security clearance sticker on them.<\/p>\n

Flying back from San Francisco, the airport security folks would not let him board with the wire clippers<\/i>. The security sticker made no difference. The airline refused to get involved (and then bleated after the fact that he didn’t have a note from his doctor).<\/p>\n

Consistent standards? Reasonable judgment? Sheer sanity? <\/i><\/p>\n

Oh, yeah. I feel much safer.<\/p>\n

(Via Jimformation<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s been a while since we’ve heard goofy stories about airport security. They’re still going on, though. Meet Lt. Greg Miller, US Army, special forces medic. Lt. 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