My TSA pat down photo on BoingBoing

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It took a few weeks, but this photo I took at the Salt Lake City Airport just took off. It just got posted on BoingBoing, but without any information as to where it came from. We were shooting this pat down and the traveler was visibly frustrated at how long it was taking. As the TSA agent prepared to search the guy’s waistband, he dropped his pants. The TSA agent seemed a little stunned.

We tried to talk to the traveler when he was finished with the search, but he ran off to his gate, declining to talk to us.

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Now you know…

Link: TSA WTF OTD – Boing Boing

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5 comments on “My TSA pat down photo on BoingBoing
  1. Sean Bonner says:

    Hey Trent! Our friend BW Jones tipped me off that you took the shot, really great! I’ve updated the post with proper credit (place I found it had none)

  2. jef says:

    nice Boing!

  3. Khonglo says:

    I prefer pat ups over pat downs

  4. Marco Genovese says:

    This is to awesome! Good for him, thanks for nothing TSA…

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