A lot of things could be concealed in a hollow tube in the crutch or
wheelchair: bombs, knives, drugs, you name it.  I have a pair of hollow
aluminum crutches and my wheelchair is of a hollow aluminum frame.

        Kathy S.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barber, Kenneth L." <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 7:15 AM
Subject: Re: Airport Security & Disability Assistive Devices


> i guess my feelings might depend on my knowledge of what could be
concealed
> in a crutch or a wheelchair, right off the top of my head i do not know
the
> answer to that.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Betty B [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 7:55 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Airport Security & Disability Assistive Devices
>
>
> Ladies and Gentlemen:
>
> I would like to solicit your opinions about the subject heading.  If you
> have
> a moment, may I prevail upon you to answer a question?
>
> Please read the following two paragraphs, and try to place yourself in the
> shoes of the passenger with a disability in the process of going through
> airport security.
>
> During the process of being checked by airport security, prior to entering
> the boarding area, a security officer asks to take a closer look at your
> forearm crutches.  You have to sit down to allow this, moreover, you must
> relinquish your crutches -- your sole means of ambulating -- for a brief
> period of time.
>
> Perhaps a similar scenario occurs for the wheelchair user.  His chair is
> examined very closely, more closely than he has previously experienced in
> similar circumstances.
>
> My question is this: Factoring in present security concerns, generally
> speaking, how would this level of the security officer(s)' examination
make
> you feel?
>
> Many thanks for your considered input.
>
> Betty Alfred