14 DAY TRIAL // One mother from Hawaii is furious and very humiliated after she was forced to pump breast milk in a public bathroom, in front of everyone, to prove to the TSA agent that the pump was medical equipment she could not part with.
On the phone with an ABC affiliate (see the video below), Amy Strand says she never imagined she’d be put through this.
She understands why the TSA agent wanted milk in the bottles to ensure that she really needed her breast pump with her on the plane, but she can’t accept that she had to do it in front of strangers.
“I'm in a dress, in heels and I find myself in front of a sink and mirrors with travelers coming in and out of the bathroom. I'm standing at the sink with my breast hanging out, pumping. I wanted to cry. I was humiliated,” she says.
This was the first time she found herself in such a situation even though she travels a lot because of work.
“It really confuses me as to how an empty breast pump and cooler pack are a threat to national security and 20 minutes later, with milk, they no longer pose a threat to national security,” Strand adds.