We are fining out more about Tammy Banovac, the woman in the wheelchair who showed up at the TSA checkpoint in Oklahoma City, is really Tammy Brewer, a dentist who had her license revoked after a boy died in her chair. She later posed in Playboy's ladies of dentistry feature about 12 years ago. It appears she has no problem bringing attention to herself.
From Oklahoma City's News 4:
In an interview, 52-year-old Tammy Banovac discusses everything from her thoughts on the contents of bacon to her visits to the gynecologist.
She says after such terrible experiences while going through airport security in the past, she decided to take matters into her own hands and stripped down to next to nothing.
"I had 26 centimeters of clothing to be examined. No, I wasn't smuggling anything," she said.
But, despite what little she had on, airport officials say that wasn't the reason she was stopped.
It was the traces of nitrate found on her wheelchair, a common compound Banovac says is found everywhere.
"Nitrates are in bacon. They're in weenies," she said. "And off we went to the little cubicle room."
Which is where she says things much more offensive than her underwear took place during previous trips to other airports.
She says the physical inspection was so personal it prompted her to start showing up at security in barely anything.
"It was unbelievable the amount of physical contact. Previously it was with the back of the hands. Now, it's with the front of the hands, grabbing and probing and feeling. It far exceeds anything I've ever gone through with my gynecologist for a breast exam," she said. "She slammed her hand up my skirt, and that's when she touched my girl parts."
This time around, those parts were barely covered; a way to travel, she says, she won't hesitate to do again.
Banovac says she's gone through airport security at other locations several times in her undergarments without any problems.
Wednesday she was allowed to board a plane back to Phoenix where she lives and got through security just fine, in the same bra and panties.
