Saturday, December 3, 2011

85-year-old woman may sue TSA after being strip searched at JFK Airport

'I really look like a terrorist,' 110-pound Long Island grandmother says

NY Daily News

Lenore Zimmerman, 85, shows injury she says came during strip search by security at JFK Airport.
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Lenore Zimmerman, 85, shows injury she says came during strip search by security at JFK Airport.

An 85-year-old Long Island grandmother says she plans to sue the TSA after a humiliating strip search on Tuesday by agents at JFK Airport.

Lenore Zimmerman, who lives in Long Beach, says she was on her way to a 1 p.m. flight to Fort Lauderdale when security whisked her to a private room and took off her clothes.

“I walk with a walker — I really look like a terrorist,” she said sarcastically. “I’m tiny. I weigh 110 pounds, 107 without clothes, and I was strip-searched.”[Full Article]