After seniors endure extreme TSA pat-downs, feds make amends for missing cash

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from the Detroit News:



At 96 years old, Omer Petti never thought he'd live to see the day. Literally.

But a year after he and his partner, Madge Woodward, 86, were subject to extreme pat-downs by Transportation Security Administration officers at the San Diego International Airport, the nonagenarian finally received a check for $300 from the government — the amount Petti says went "missing" during the trying ordeal.

"Here it is," Petti said in triumph, waving the official embossed check from the U.S. Department of Treasury. He was sitting at the kitchen table in the Bloomfield Township home he shares with Woodward. Both widows, the two met playing duplicate bridge in 2006 and have been together ever since.

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In March 2012, Omer and Madge were returning home after a visit with family in California. The couple was not surprised when alarms went off at the airport's security metal detector because Petti has two artificial knees and Madge has had her hip replaced. What was unusual were the instructions to remove Kleenex and $300 in folded bills from his pocket and place the cash into the rubber bin along with their other belongings. Petti says he made a point of asking: "Are you sure you want me to put my bills in there?" .....................(more)

From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130508/OPINION03/305080343#ixzz2Si3oQtdo