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by **GLX** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 10:10 am

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/31224633/detail.html

"They opened up my bag, and I told them, 'Please, be careful. These are my grandpa's ashes,'" Gross told RTV6's Norman Cox. "She picked up the jar. She opened it up.

"I was told later on that she had no right to even open it, that they could have used other devices, like an X-ray machine. So she opened it up. She used her finger and was sifting through it. And then she accidentally spilled it."

Gross says about a quarter to a third of the contents spilled on the floor, leaving him frantically trying to gather up as much as he could while anxious passengers waited behind him.

"She didn't apologize. She started laughing. I was on my hands and knees picking up bone fragments. I couldn't pick up all, everything that was lost. I mean, there was a long line behind me."

TSA rules say a crematory container in carry-on baggage must pass through the X-ray machine at the security checkpoint.
But the agency's own website says human remains are to be opened under, “no circumstances.”

"I want an apology,” said Gross. “I want an apology from TSA. I want an apology from the lady who opened the jar and laughed at me. I want them to help me understand where they get off treating people like this."

by **AaronW** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 10:25 am

The TSA is just security theater. I think its main use is to get us used to being processed and stripped of dignity in order to travel.

by **holtom2000** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:20 am

Screw the apology. Her fired and a million bucks for starters

by **AaronW** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:56 am

That slave needs to shut his fucking month and do what he is told. And if daddy has his precious widdle ashes get dumped on the ground blame Bin Laden! Fucking pussies!

/TSA'd

by **Keb** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:59 am

She was probably black.

/OH'd

by **Max Blyss** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 12:28 pm

Hey, the TSA provides valuable jobs to former viloent criminals and all three Catholic Priests who've actually been excommunicated for Molestation... It's rehabilitative!

by **Keb** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 12:55 pm

Seriously though. One should know the regulations when traveling with cremated remains.

When we went to Ireland to scatter my dad's ashes, we had to get a travel urn (a plastic box) that could be x-rayed. I read that they weren't allowed to open up the remains.

They never really checked because we had about 10 minutes to get from the security check to the gate as the flight was about to leave.

by **spidertour02** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 1:53 pm

Keb wrote:Seriously though. One should know the regulations when traveling with cremated remains.

When we went to Ireland to scatter my dad's ashes, we had to get a travel urn (a plastic box) that could be x-rayed. I read that they weren't allowed to open up the remains.

They never really checked because we had about 10 minutes to get from the security check to the gate as the flight was about to leave.

When we brought my sister's ashes onto a plane, they were in a sealed plastic bag inside of a simple cardboard box. We also had to carry a special permit that basically alerted them to what was inside. It went through the scanner without a problem because of the permit.

From what I understand, cremated remains and explosives are extremely similar in x-ray scans, so the permit it pretty much the only thing that lets them know you're not trying to kill everybody. That's why it's such a hassle to get one.

by **Rockman** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 3:26 pm

holtom2000 wrote:Screw the apology. Her fired and a million bucks for starters

I have a problem with the justice system being used as a tool for people to get rich

by **habitual** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 3:38 pm

Rockman wrote:
I have a problem with the justice system being used as a tool for people to get rich

I have a bigger problem with people dumping human remains in an airport.

Hab

by **dairydead** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 3:47 pm

habitual wrote:
I have a bigger problem with people dumping human remains in an airport.

Hab

you really have a bigger problem that a few assholes exist in a job where they look at your stuff, than people exploiting our entire judicial system and businesses for greed and personal gain? Also add in the fact that apparently the person didn't dump the urn on purpose.

by **Rockman** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 3:49 pm

habitual wrote:
I have a bigger problem with people dumping human remains in an airport.

Hab

Me too

by **Rockman** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 3:50 pm

dairydead wrote:
you really have a bigger problem that a few assholes exist in a job where they look at your stuff, than people exploiting our entire judicial system and businesses for greed and personal gain? Also add in the fact that apparently the person didn't dump the urn on purpose.

intelligent discourse has no place here

Hab

by **habitual** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 3:54 pm

dairydead wrote:
you really have a bigger problem that a few assholes exist in a job where they look at your stuff, than people exploiting our entire judicial system and businesses for greed and personal gain? Also add in the fact that apparently the person didn't dump the urn on purpose.

I don't think you have a handle on how big this problem actually is.

I got to watch the TSA practically give my 90 year old wheel-chair bound grandfather a cavity search at Ronald Reagan. He was in his naval dress uniform, we had just buried my grandmother.

One of the few times in my life I remember seeing my father upset.

Hab