Hannah Cohen, a 19-teen-year-old with a tumor on her brain stem and who has traveled between St. Jude Hospital and her home in Chattanooga for the past seventeen years, was accosted at Memphis International Airport by TSA and airport police.
Hannah is partially deaf, blind in one eye, paralyzed, and easily confused, so when she set off the metal detector at the security checkpoint, it frightened her.
Her mother, Shirley Cohen, tried to inform the TSA agents about her daughter’s condition and her confusion, but the police kept her away. Hannah, trying to get away from the TSA agents who wanted to scan her again, was thrown to the ground, smashing her head on the floor.
She was handcuffed and bloody, as she was let out of the Airport and locked up in Jail East.
Watch the video interview with Hannah’s mom and read more on the assault and the pending lawsuit filed against the TSA by Hannah Cohen on the next page.
Randy, you sound like one of those scumbags! I am sure that you and those like you will pick on the wrong phone day! What goes around comes around! Just wish that I could be there to see you get your butt kicked!
Kenneth, pick on the wrong phone day? Shake the sand out of your v****a, gather your thoughts and try once more.
Some of you people really need to read the article before you comment! She’s a medically fragile person fighting cancer for 17 years .. She’s blind in one eye and can’t hear well. She’s easily confused so when the alarm when of she panicked.. They didn’t listen to her mother… What a disgrace…
And you sir are an$#%&!@*.. She has health issues did you read the article before you commented.. She’s not retarded she’s medically fragile from 17 years of cancer treatment.. She’s blind in on eye.. Cannot hear week and is highly emotional so when the alarm when of she was scared… They should have listened to her mother but you are still an ass
SUE their$#%&!@*for 50 million! you’ll get at least some part of that.
They should be
They should not be just sued, they should be arrested, tried convicted and sent to prison!!! This is assault on a disabled young girl.
This should have been handled criminally. The TSA agents should have been prosecuted for assault on a disabled person…. They only get rough with toddlers, the elderly, and the disabled…. This is intimidation of Americans. It has nothing to do with preventing terrorism.
This kind of behavior is possible only because of “gun free” zones.
Better yet no security & everyone shut up for once