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Article: Security guards remove pins from Remembrance Day poppies
- Article from:
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- November 3, 2001
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Security guards remove pins from Remembrance Day poppies
Toronto Globe and Mail
Saturday, November 3, 2001
Vancouver -- They were ordered to hand over their poppies while
security guards removed the pins and returned the red flowers to
indignant air passengers.
The reason? The pins in passengers' Remembrance Day poppies, an
international symbol of respect for war veterans, were sharp, and so
a potential danger to fellow passengers and crew members on the
awaiting flights.
The poppy seizures were reported at airports in Toronto and
Vancouver this week and sparked a flurry of angry complaints from
passengers whose pins were seized at security gates. Some complained
the guards took the flowers ...