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Don't they usually have someone standing there watching to see what you put into the X-ray machine? The few times I've been to LAX, there was always a security person saying, "Do you have a laptop? Yes? Take it out of the bag and put it on this separate tray. Do you have a mobile phone (or cell phone)? Yes? Take out please." Etc. It's hard to see how they could've missed a baby being put on the conveyor belt.
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It could have been a busy day at the airport, with not enough security people to keep an eye on everyone as they placed things on the conveyor belt, I'm just glad to hear that the baby is ok.
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Probably it was very crowded with holiday fliers. Although I think the description of the security worker as "startled" may qualify as the understatement of the week.
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quote:Originally posted by Cactus Wren: Probably it was very crowded with holiday fliers. Although I think the description of the security worker as "startled" may qualify as the understatement of the week.
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Actually on the local LA TV station news they said that the security line wasn't crowded at the time. The woman couldn't speak English and didn't understand what she was doing.
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Here is a link to the video I would just love to know what bag that poor baby is in, because all of them looked sealed to me. Unless this was taken after the fact.
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When we went through security in Toronto recently, we got no guidance from the workers at all. I hadn't flown in years, and didn't know what to do, and when we asked questions we were sneered at. I had no idea what I was supposed to do with my laptop (put it through the Xray machine, in a seperate tub, apparently). Montreal was a completely different experience, with signs everywhere and help from the security personnel.
I can very easily understand someone who doesn't fly often, and doesn't speak English, getting confused.
quote:Originally posted by diehard: Here is a link to the video I would just love to know what bag that poor baby is in, because all of them looked sealed to me. Unless this was taken after the fact.
I don't get it. What does the video have to do with the story in the OP? All it shows is a bunch of people in line, and some bags going through an X-ray machine.
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diehard, that's not a caption. That's the story. The video is just "related video".
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When my oldest was about a month old and I was still recovering from a csection, we were going somewhere to meet my husband, and I did something similar. (It's been seven years.) Anyway, I was sleep deprived and frazzled and the security person asked me for something, I don't recall what.
So I put the baby carrier on the conveyer belt to look through my pockets for whatever it was. Luckily, a man behind me grabbed the handle of the car seat before my unfortunite offspring could go through the machine.
I remember feeling like the worst parent in the world, but also thinking that a baby going through the machine had to have happened at least on a few occasions. Funny, I'd forgotten all about it till now.
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