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Woman forced to drink own breast milk

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Stark

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The terrorists are winning.
Tuesday Aug. 6, 2002; 10:27 a.m. EDT

Airport Screeners Order Mom to Drink Breast Milk

In the latest in a series of airport security nightmares, a woman flying from New York to Florida was forced to drink three bottles of her own breast milk before being allowed to board a flight at JFK International Airport - in an incident that has one prominent New York civil rights attorney ready to sue.

Elizabeth McGanny of Oceanside, NY called WABC Radio's Curtis Sliwa and Ron Kuby Tuesday morning to relate the story.

Guards at JFK's Delta terminal first "patted me down and made me take my shoes off," McGanny told the morning radio duo. "One security guard took my four-month-old out of my arms and then they went through the baby's diaper bag."

There the guards discovered the three suspect bottles, McGanny said, and promptly ordered her to drink the contents.

"I'm not drinking that. It's breast milk," she replied. "They said, 'Either drink all three bottles or your not getting on the plane.'"

McGanny said that when she asked the guards why they were putting her through the ordeal, they explained, "There could be explosives in the baby bottles and I could throw something at the stewardesses."

"I asked them if I could just taste it; if I could just show them how you would check a baby's bottle - that it was warm milk and everything. And they said, 'No,'" ordering her to "drink it all."

The nursing mom then offered to feed the milk to her baby as the guards looked on but they refused.

After hearing the tale, Kuby, who doubles as one of New York's most celebrated civil rights attorneys, suggested that McGanny call his office.

"How much money do you smell here?" Sliwa asked his radio partner.

"If I get a jury of nursing mothers - a lot," Kuby replied.
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assuming that the story is true, thats pretty horrible, if the milk is suspicious, get rid of it, and let her board the plane, not make her drink it.....what is she, the kings tastetester? were the guards about to drink it, wanted to make sure it was safe?
anyways, it doesn't even make sense for the guards to request this.
I dont' know if I trust a couple of goofy looking talk radio lackys wearing red berets....
 
I'm not sure if I believe this, it sounds too crazy. got any other links, like from cnn or msnbc to back that up?
 
Making them all Federal employees certainly improved security from all these stories we are seeing lately.
 
I believe everything I hear on the radio.
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On nearly every flight I've made when I went through security they have made me take a drink from the beverage I was carrying with me. In fact I can't remember the last time they didn't do this.
 
Originally posted by: rahvin
On nearly every flight I've made when I went through security they have made me take a drink from the beverage I was carrying with me. In fact I can't remember the last time they didn't do this.
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But they didn't make you drink the whole thing did they?
 
Originally posted by: Spike
I'm not sure if I believe this, it sounds too crazy. got any other links, like from cnn or msnbc to back that up?
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I highly doubt they forced her to completely finish all 3 full bottles. I saw them ask a man carrying his baby to take a drink of the baby's bottle. Guess what, he did it and moved on. Not much of an "ordeal". He made a face afterward cause it was breast milk and everyone in line laughed.

>> Memo to this woman: If you wanna take Jr. to Disney World, follow the f***in' rules you litigious, hypersensitive, stank tittie havin' BITCH!


 
Originally posted by: Soulflare
Couldn't they just have her dump the milk in a nearby bathroom or something? Sounds like BS to me.
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I know if that was me, I'd rather dump the milk somewhere than be humiliated like that.

 
funny because just last week they declared that all bottles must go through xray and security was NOT allowed to ask customers to drink the contents
 
Originally posted by: bbkat
Originally posted by: Spike
I'm not sure if I believe this, it sounds too crazy. got any other links, like from cnn or msnbc to back that up?
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I highly doubt they forced her to completely finish all 3 full bottles. I saw them ask a man carrying his baby to take a drink of the baby's bottle. Guess what, he did it and moved on. Not much of an "ordeal". He made a face afterward cause it was breast milk and everyone in line laughed.

>> Memo to this woman: If you wanna take Jr. to Disney World, follow the f***in' rules you litigious, hypersensitive, stank tittie havin' BITCH!
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bbkat, you have some serious issues
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They didn't force her to drink it - they gave her an option: Don't Fly OR drink it.

It's like if they told me "Strip naked and cluck like a chicken or else you're not flying." Do I have to cluck? No. Obviously it was not that important to her since she was more interested in making her flight than avoiding drinking her own breast milk. It was probably out of line but she did not have to drink it and the most damage she can possibly sue for is the price/inconvenience of skipping that flight minus one penny in my opinion - cause anymore and she would have not drunk it and just skipped the flight.
 
I might volunteer to drink the breast milk for her, although I would prefer to forego the use of the bottles. Please send PICS.

 
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