Yet another example of why "security", not hijackings, will be the death of the industry.
Pearson frisks disabled child
By KATE L. BARRETTE -- Toronto Sun
CALGARY -- An Alberta couple whose four-year-old son was hauled
out of his wheelchair and frisked at Pearson International Airport say
airport and airline staff -- not terrorists -- make them afraid to fly.
Dave and Tammy Francis are appalled that security in Toronto asked their
son Liam to get out of his wheelchair and walk through a metal detector
before boarding a Calgary-bound flight Tuesday morning.
"I couldn't believe that security would ask a boy in a wheelchair to get up
and walk. If he could, he wouldn't be in the wheelchair," said Tammy.
Liam suffers from cerebral palsy and can move slowly using a walker but
cannot walk on his own.
When his mom told security personnel that, she was ordered to stand him
up so he could be patted down.
"It was rough considering he's four years old," Tammy said.
"We knew security would be tight because of what happened in the U.S.
but how Liam was treated was insulting," she added.