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WFTV Washington correspondent Justin Gray was flying back to DC from Orlando, Fla., when a TSA agent halted him for holding a license from a state he didn’t recognize, and asked him for his passport. Gray was confused: he didn’t bring his passport, because his District of Columbia driver’s license should have been sufficient. The agent insisted that he didn’t recognize it.
“At that point, I was a little confused, but then I realized what was going on,” he later told WFTV. “I said to him, ‘Do you not know what the District of Columbia is?’ After some back and forth, it became clear he didn’t.”
(Well, arguably, DC isn’t a real place for real people, but still.)
Gray was eventually able to board his flight after talking to the agent’s supervisor, though he was unable to get statistics on how often Orlando International Airport has these kinds of security problems.
The TSA said in a statement that they were now teaching their agents how to identify District of Columbia IDs, which is obviously very heartening to hear.
“At that point, I was a little confused, but then I realized what was going on,” he later told WFTV. “I said to him, ‘Do you not know what the District of Columbia is?’ After some back and forth, it became clear he didn’t.”
(Well, arguably, DC isn’t a real place for real people, but still.)
Gray was eventually able to board his flight after talking to the agent’s supervisor, though he was unable to get statistics on how often Orlando International Airport has these kinds of security problems.
The TSA said in a statement that they were now teaching their agents how to identify District of Columbia IDs, which is obviously very heartening to hear.
Not sure that I blame him.
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