TSA video shows how double amputee Marine was treated

TSA has surveillance video of wounded Marine’s ‘mistreatment’
FOX5 San Diego
by Misha DiBono
Reporter

PHOENIX – Claims that a double amputee Camp Pendleton Marine was humiliated by Transportation Security Adminstration officers going through airport security in Phoenix set off a firestorm. On Thursday, the TSA fired back and they released video proof.

The Marine, who lost booth his legs to an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan, was traveling through Phoenix after a weekend of watching baseball as part of a charity event.

The claims were made by volunteer escort Jim Philips who took a group of Marines to Phoenix for spring training. Phillips said a TSA screener asked the Marine to get out of his wheelchair and walk, then asked the him to remove his prosthetic legs.

TSA representatives confirm that both their officers involved in the incident are retired military servicemen, one from Marines the other Airforce.

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Double amputee Marine humiliated by TSA