Nightly News   |  October 10, 2012

Dying woman recounts run-in with TSA

A 34-year-old woman who said she is dying of leukemia said a dream trip to Hawaii turned into a stressful travel experience when the TSA allegedly refused to give her a pat-down in private. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

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>>> a 34-year-old woman who says she is dying of leukemia claims that her dream trip to hawaii turned into a kind of tsa nightmare when she says agents at seattle, tacoma airport, insisted an a full body patdown that exposed medical tubes and band a bandages and broke open a bag containing saline solution , she says her request for a private screening was denied as unnecessary. for its part, the tsa says nobody violated her rights, and a test showed that the screeners followed what they call normal policy and didn't break open the saline bag.