Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Wheelchair-Bound Preteen Held by TSA After Traces of Explosives Found | Reduction

Wheelchair-Bound Preteen Held by TSA After Traces of Explosives Found

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A Texas mom was dumbfounded and angry when her preteen, wheelchair-bound daughter was left sobbing at the security gate at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport when reps from the Transportation Security Administration detected traces of explosive on her hand. Shelbi Walser, 12, has brittle bone disease, and was flying to Tampa, Fla. , to receive treatment on Sunday when she was randomly selected for an explosives screening on her way through security. Tammy Daniels, Walser’s mother, said that her daughter tested positive for explosives when a screener swabbed Walser’s palms and fingers. Daniels was separated from her daughter for an hour while the situation was sorted out. All she was able to do was film the incident and her embarrassed daughter crying. “It’s O.K., you didn’t do anything wrong, we’re going to get you on your way,” an official can be heard saying to the girl on the video.

People:

Shelbi Walser

Overall Sentiment: -0.216735

Relevance: 0.897358

SentimentQuote
0“It could have come off fertilizer, because we have chickens. I could have run through something from them,” she said. ...
0.15466“It could have come off fertilizer, because we have chickens. I could have run through something from them,” she said. “It could have just come off the ground, because I roll through everything.”
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.15466
  • Mean: 0.07733
  • Standard Deviation: 0

Tammy Daniels, Walser

Overall Sentiment: 0.182617

Relevance: 0.686413

Daniels

Overall Sentiment: -0.286365

Relevance: 0.549626

SentimentQuote
-0.131429“I am by no means undermining our safety in the air. After 9/11, by no means am I doing that,” Daniels told ...
-0.14416“I am by no means undermining our safety in the air. After 9/11, by no means am I doing that,” Daniels told WFAA. “But when it comes to children, common sense is not in a textbook.”
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.275589
  • Mean: -0.1377945
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

Walser

Overall Sentiment: 0.238321

Relevance: 0.497414

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Organization: Transportation Security Administration

Overall Sentiment: -0.119733

Relevance: 0.398336

City: Tampa

Overall Sentiment: -0.156155

Relevance: 0.394216

Facility: Dallas-Fort Worth airport

Overall Sentiment: -0.477843

Relevance: 0.387435

StateOrCounty: Texas

Overall Sentiment: -0.526676

Relevance: 0.300657

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