Alaskan Women Are Tough

Reported:-

State Rep. Sharon Cissna is returning to Alaska by sea after refusing a pat-down search at a Seattle airport.

A spokeswoman for the Anchorage Democrat says she underwent a body scan and was then required to undergo the pat-down by Transportation Safety Administration or leave Sea-Tac airport. Cissna, who has had a mastectomy, described the search as "intrusive" in a statement.

TSA spokesman Kwika Riley says agents are checking into the report and will release a statement later. Scannell says Cissna had undergone medical treatment in Seattle.

She says Cissna will now travel by ferry from Seattle to Juneau.