When I went through the security in the Philly Int'l Airport, they made me take my shoes off and patted me down. It was a lady who did it, but I was still embarrassed. Fortunately, they didn't make me get out of my wheelchair. They did search my wheelchair, though, but not with me out of it. I wasn't too happy about any of it, but I gritted my teeth and bore it. In Tel Aviv, you go through a lot worse in searches, and the airport there (and in Europe) is guarded by the military with machine guns. In packing my stuff, I made sure anything like nail clippers, etc., were packed in checked-in luggage and not in carry-on baggage, so nothing was consficated. They should have taken you into a private area to search you, I think. But we are all paying the price of global travelling in the face of terrorist threats. Kat On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:48:35 EDT Magenta Raine <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Ken, on Sept. 3, when I came back from DC. I > was searched at dulles airport > to the point it was embarrassing they took my > back pillow and put it through > the x-ray, the guy went through every pocket in > my purse TWICE and then put > it through the x-ray for the second time. The > lady guard asked me to spread > my legs so she could search my thighs. they > took off my new tennis shoes to > look on the bottom and inside. It was > embarrassing as everybody could see > what was going on. I looked up to see a white > guy shaking his head in wonder. > I'm darker than many whites, so I guess they > thought I was an Arab. It was > an eye opening experience. I have never been > profiled and I hope I won't be > again, but I'm glad they were thorough as it > was close to 9-11 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > If you use Ebay to shop online, You can shop > Ebay from my website! > We are also offering Long Distance at 3.9 cents > a minute! > If you want to donate to a worthy cause, and > you have at least 10 LD > customers, > iti will give $1.00 for every customer, to your > cause every month! > so 70 people --> $70.00, 200 people --> $200 > to your cause each month! > www.itilink.com/traine.iti >