Woman Puts One-Month Old Through Airport X-ray

Giving a new meaning to the words baggage screening, a woman mistakenly put her 1-month-old grandson through an X-ray machine at Los Angeles International Airport.

A shocked airport security worker noticed the shape of a child on the carry-on baggage screening monitor and immediately pulled him out.

The infant was then taken to a local hospital, where doctors made sure he had not received a dangerous dose of radiation.

"This was an innocent mistake by an obviously inexperienced traveler", said Paul Haney, deputy executive director of airports and security.

Haney said this wasn't the first time and in 1988, an infant in a car seat was also sent through an X-ray machine at Los Angeles airport.

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