A 95-year - old woman was held up by TSA officers at a Florida airport , her daughter says . Last year , the administration announced it was ramping up the use of full-body scanning and pat-downs to stop nonmetallic threats , including explosives , from getting on planes . The agents ordered the cancer - stricken woman to take off her adult diaper , she adds . The TSA insists its officers ` ` acted professionally and according to proper procedure '' The woman 's daughter says those procedures must be followed .
A 95-year - old woman was held up by TSA officers at a Florida airport , her daughter says . The agents ordered the cancer - stricken woman to take off her adult diaper , she adds . The TSA insists its officers ` ` acted professionally and according to proper procedure '' The woman 's daughter says those procedures must be followed .