Flight on 9/11 anniversary ends in handcuffs for housewife

Shoshana Hebshi will never forget where she was on the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11.

She and two other airline passengers were handcuffed and strip-searched after flying into Detroit on Sunday.

No charges were filed against Hebshi, a self-described "half-Arab, half-Jewish housewife living in suburban Ohio," or the two men sitting next to her, who were flying in from Denver when the crew of Frontier Airlines Flight 623 alerted authorities that they were reportedly behaving suspiciously.

In a blog post titled "Some real Shock and Awe: Racially profiled and cuffed in Detroit," Hebshi, an American citizen, told her tale of temporary detainment, which she had begun to share with Twitter followers in real-time — until handcuffs were placed on her wrists.

Hebshi, a writer and editor and mother of twin sons, didn't know the other two passengers in Row 12. They were Indian men, she wrote. And they didn't know each other. But they got a lot closer when they were all crammed into the back of a squad car.

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YogieBear

Profiled my back side. I give the crew credit for what they did. The enemy are Muslim & with the terrorist alert for the weekend, the crew did a good job.
Macky

She evidently is ok now and should understand why this happened-with our country under attack from Muslum Terriosts. I have more sympathy for the grandmother who had to have her diaper removed or the small children searched unlawfully. NO sympathy for her here.
http://talkorigins.org jatheist

Great country we have… if you're white I suppose. Good luck if you're darkskinned though or arab looking in any way. What a pathetic state America is in now – all fear and paranioa feuled by the crazies in the tea party and some GOPers (and Dems to be fair).
- Esteban Cafe
  
  Sir, do you read your own American papers? That vast majority of those 'selected' for invasive searches by your vaunted TSA are white males & females. Even the NY Times reports this.
  
  Regarding this political sect called "The Tea Party"…from my reading they seem interested in returning to a US Constitutional government. With which part of that document do you have a problem? And for all the noise about racism by the tea party, I have read more racist incidents concerning by those on the Left towards Blacks in your country–especially if they stray too far from your Democrat Plantation.
  
  Since you went Ad Hom on them, you should have a little bit in return…
  - Tim k
    
    Truth is the Truth Right on,
- Esteban Cafe
  
  perceive that you are a 30ish Boor living in your mother's basement, who, between WOW raids, dusts off your Cheeto's stained fingers, scratch yourself (sniff fingers) and then to pen an ode or two to your own ignorance. I'm amazed at the appeals to intelligence the Left makes in your country when it won't even produce your president's transcripts. Like most things, you're lives and desires are theory-based rather than practice-proven. You have an iconiclastic desire to destroy the beliefs of anyone who disagrees with you, thus your nom de guerre. You sir, should seek a life and not just to destroy the good you find.
  - http://talkorigins.org jatheist
    
    Esteban wrote: "you are a 30ish Boor living in your mother's basement"
    
    Damn! You nailed it!
    
    Esteban cont'd: "who, between WOW raids, dusts off your Cheeto's stained fingers, scratch yourself (sniff fingers)…"
    
    Now you've gone too far! How dare you… I'm telling (yelling upstairs) "Mom! Someone's being mean to me on the internet!"
    
    ;)
- Mike Brown
  
  Try "fueled", it looks better. I know, it was a typo, you were in such a hurry to bloviate. MJB
- Mike Brown
  
  And BTW Jathiest, why don't you move to another country? If you hate it here so much, just get on a plane and move to one of those countries that is soooo much better. According to Michael Moore you'd absolutely love Cuba. MJB
  - http://youtu.be/9RLNzkBlPvM Despeville
    
    No he should go to Sweden, most atheistic country in the world but with sizable population of Muslims including radicals. While there he should preach his atheism to them and attack their religion as he does Christianity…
http://hotmail.com marylou

See something…say something..we all heard that over and over. Be alert..be a good citizen! Report behavior that is out of the norm.
Sounds to me as though the citizens reacted properly.
Had the plane blown up and someone had earlier twittered that they reported suspicious activity and nothing was done!
Imagine the outcry that would have ensued. I like "better safe than sorry" and if you are inconvenienced or profiled…so be it.
It's called suck it up and deal when you are the same "religion" as the Muslim terrorists, fly on 9/11,and spend an inordinate amount of time in the bathroom!!!

Islam created the problem. We are dealing to insure that no more planes meet the tragic fate of 9/11.
Larry

If she doesn't like this country and the way we do things then MOVE. I personally have NO sympathy for muslims.
Gizmo

1st, we have no nindications that they wer muslim – indian & Arab/Jewish. BUT haveing said that, escorting them off the plane & checking things out after "suspicious" activity is fine with me! That sre seems a lot smarter & obvious than strip-searching little old white grandmas or such studidity as making EVERYBODY take thir shoes off just to get into the airport!

It's just like me walking into any scanner. I have 2 hip replacements & carry a card stating so, but I get scanned & searched each time. Am I supposed to get upset? No, I have "questionable" things that set off alarms so I need to live with it!
JDH

I am a conservative and lean towards being a libertarian when it comes towards inmdividual rights and liberties. This incident does not ilustrate common sense, it illustrates stupidity. If we use the same type of screening and profiling the Israel and EL AL used, this issue would have never come up and NO passengers would have been inconvienience by this ridiculous overreaction which may have part been based on various predjudiices, both real and imagined. Bloviate on idiiots, this whole incident illustrates what limitations on your individual freedoms the current regime has placed on you. The number of them you accept determines the size of the yoke you wear around your neck and the extent of your slavery
- http://talkorigins.org jatheist
  
  JDH wrote: "this whole incident illustrates what limitations on your individual freedoms the current regime has placed on you."
  
  There is no question that this "current regime" is no fan of personal liberties – to be honest you have to admit that it was GW Bush's regime that first implemented the policies that Obama is renewed. It started with Bush and unfortunately hasn't ended under Obama.
  - http://rationalresponses.blogspot.com/ Jeff Dixon
    
    I believe there is something out there watching over us. Unfortunately, it's the government.
    -Woody Allen