Cricket star with type 1 diabetes left "humiliated" at Manchester airport

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A former Pakistan cricket player with type 1 diabetes has slammed security officials at Manchester airport for saying they made him feel "embarrassed" and "humiliated". Wasim Akram is a retired fast bowler and former Pakistan cricket team captain who had been in the UK for commentary duties during the Cricket World Cup, which England won on July 14. The sports star was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1997 during the peak of his career but refused to let the condition hold him back. He is generally regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers in the history of cricket and one of the best left-arm fast bowlers. On Tuesday, the 53-year-old took to Twitter to reveal the negative experience he had at Manchester Airport. Very disheartened at Manchester airport today,I travel around the world with my insulin but never have I been made to feel embarrassed.I felt very humiliated as I was rudely questioned &ordered publicly to take my insulin out of its travel cold-case &dumped in to a plastic bag pic.twitter.com/UgW6z1rkkF— Wasim Akram (@wasimakramlive) July 23, 2019 He said: "Very disheartened at Manchester airport today, I travel around the world with my insulin but never have I been made to feel embarrassed. Felt very humiliated as I was rudely questioned &ordered publicly to take my insulin out of its travel cold-case &dumped in to a plastic bag." Akram returned to Twitter later in the day to post: "I do not believe I should have been treated differently from anyone else. I just believe there should be a standard of care when dealing with all people. "I understand there are proper safety precautions but that doesn't mean people should be humiliated whilst undergoing them." Last year Manchester Airport officials apologised after a 13-year-old girl was told by security her insulin could "make the plane crash" and it would be "her fault".

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[ert]

I'm yet to travel through airport security with insulin. I assumed that it would have to go in a plastic bag with my liquid make-up and face products. I wonder why he didn't assume this?

 

[zand]

It's crazy that there are still people who don't seem to understand that the rules re liquids apply to them. Last time I travelled by air they were unpacking everyone's hand luggage in front of a huge queue of passengers. These folk had packed correctly and had done nothing wrong. Now they really had something to complain about. The woman in front of me had all her underwear unpacked by a male member of staff.

 

[HSSS]

I don’t understand why “humiliating “ is the word chosen by this “star”.

Annoyed, angry maybe about the rudeness certainly. No need for that regardless of any mistakes on the travellers part.

Embarrassed they didn’t get it right about putting liquids in a clear bag if required or for failing to notify the staff of the insulin and ask how to present it. But that’s on the traveller not the staff.

Nor do I understand how he was treated differently from anyone else from the information provided

 

[WuTwo]

I remember him - he was a terrific bowler and a really great player in his time! I didn't know he had diabetes.

I'm sorry he felt hurt and embarrassed but I do see he needed his meds in the liquids pouch; I just hope it wouldn't be for too long, and would be in the cabin with him. Insulin dies at the temperatures the hold goes down to, and if it's very warm in the cabin and his flight was for an extended period it might not be too good for it there, either.