Defending our Skies against the elderly
Defending our Skies against the elderly The article that I read is about airport security and the elderly. This article talks about a woman's 78 year old father who was picked out of a line of travelers in Westchester airport in New York. He had to take off his jacket, oxygen finger cuff, and stand as an airport screener slowly scanned him with a wand. The 78 year old, who had trouble putting shoes on earlier, says his daughter, had to remove them too. As the wand passed his wrist it beeped, without asking the screener pushed up the man's sleeve to show the watch. Then as he scanned her father again the wand beeped going over his belt. Then once again without asking the screener flipped up the old man's shirt and yanked at his belt. "I watched hopelessly as my father
The pros about airport security are that it dose make flying safer. I also don't think we really need to defend our skies against the elderly, but there should be any exceptions. The man in this article could hardly put his shoes on, and had an oxygen finger cuff; did the screener really think he would attack travelers? I do agree with this article that there has to be a better way to scan people. I just don't think they should be put through something that's hard for them to do without assistance. " The article also talks about a similar incident at The Dallas airport. If you pick every 3 people to search then you could be skipping a suspicious person and have to search an 80 year old man. clenched his jaw as the last tug to his belt nearly made him loose his balance. Isn't that the way of life were all fighting for? This article has many pros and cons. When I read this article I couldn't believe a poor 78 year old man had to be put through all of that. The article talks about picking people out of a line to scan. The screener there took away the old man's cane, made him remove his belt and shoes and then left him to sit there while the screener consulted how to scan the cane with a supervisor. The woman in the article thinks that her father shouldn't of been searched liked that, but everyone should be treated equal. I personally think that people who look suspicious should be searched.
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