Off The Beat: Sail to Hawaii, On a Cargo Ship?
For at least one state rep, a long boat ride is preferable to a quick flight if it means the Transportation Security Administration keeps its hands off.
Alaska State Rep. Sharon Cissna elected to take a ferry home from Seattle after scars from her breast cancer surgery drew the attention of airport staff after a body scan. TSA staff wanted to pat down her prosthetic device, according to the .
It’s not clear how long it’ll take Cissna to get home, or how much of the Alaska legislative session she’ll miss. We can only imagine what a similar ride would look like for a Hawaii resident: stowaway on a Matson cargo ship?
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