Baby is sent through X-ray machine at LAX

[DeclinetoState]

A woman places her month-old grandson in a bin for carry-on items. Doctors later determine he did not get a dangerous dose of radiation.
By Jennifer Oldham, Times Staff Writer
December 20, 2006

A woman going through security at Los Angeles International Airport put her month-old grandson into a plastic bin intended for carry-on items and slid it into an X-ray machine.

The early Saturday accident — bizarre but not unprecedented — caught airport workers by surprise, even though the security line was not busy at the time, officials said.

A screener watching the machine's monitor immediately noticed the outline of a baby and pulled the bin backward on the conveyor belt.

The infant was taken to Centinela Hospital, where doctors determined that he had not received a dangerous dose of radiation.

Officials, who declined to release the 56-year-old woman's name, said she spoke Spanish and apparently did not understand English.

She initially didn't want the baby transported to a hospital, but security officials called paramedics and insisted that the child be examined by a doctor.LA Times (http://www.latimes.com/news/la-me-baby20dec20,0,4869996.story)

Unbelievable--or maybe not: "The early Saturday accident — bizarre but not unprecedented . . ."

[BEST45CAL]

I guess we'll find out later if the baby was affected when it grows 100' tall and tearing down buildings with fire shooting out of its mouth and swatting down helicopters.
"We're trying to figure out what changes we can make, short of putting up signs saying, 'Don't put your baby through the X-ray machine,' " Melendez said. "We're trying to determine how we can make this not happen again."


Damn...some people are just idiots, or was she a cave woman? Damn cave people.

[Wolfcounsel]

"Damn...some people are just idiots, or was she a cave woman? Damn cave people." --BEST45CAL

Cave woman? An Afghani who speaks Spanish only?<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

I guess we'll find out later if the baby was affected when it grows 100' tall and tearing down buildings with fire shooting out of its mouth and swatting down helicopters.


No, I suspect we'll find out sooner than later how the baby was affected, because I'd bet my last Oreo that some slick lawyer will snatch this case up in a heartbeat to sue the airline/airport. The NON-ENGLISH speaking woman will NOT be held accountable, but the airport will be held negligent. That's my prediction. I see big bucks in this woman's future.