Little Izzy had already gone through the security scanner without incident when her grandmother triggered the alarm and was told she would need to submit to a pat-down.

"When my Four-year-old daughter noticed her Grandmother, she excitedly ran over to give her a hug, as children often do," Michelle Brademeyer wrote in a lengthy Facebook post detailing the ordeal. "They made very brief contact, no longer than a few seconds. The Transportation Security Officers(TSO) who were present responded to this very simple action in the worst way imaginable." ...