Jason Hegg's 22-month-old son, Carter, has asthma and is too young to use an inhaler, so his family carries a portable device that allows him to breathe a medicated mist.Jason Hegg's 22-month-old son, Carter, has asthma and is too young to use an inhaler inhaler /in·hal·er/ (in-hal´er) 1. an apparatus for administering vapor or volatilized medications by inhalation. 2. ventilator (2). in·hal·er n. , so his family carries a portable device that allows him to breathe a medicated medicated /med·i·cat·ed/ (med´i-kat?id) imbued with a medicinal substance. medicated contains a medicinal substance. mist. According to Hegg, federal Transportation Security Administration screeners at Duluth International Airport Duluth International Airport (IATA: DLH, ICAO: KDLH, FAA LID: DLH) is a public airport located five miles (8 km) northwest of the central business district (CBD) of Duluth, in St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA. refused to allow him to board a plane with the device, even after he showed them information from a TSA TSA See tax-sheltered annuity (TSA). Web site saying it was permitted. By his account, the TSA screeners asked why he had to bring the device on board when "there's oxygen on the plane." |
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