The incident occurred at Phoenix Shy Harbor International Airport after Miyamae tried to go through a metal detector so she would not be subjected to a pat-down. One TSA agent told her that the line was closed and that she would have to be physically checked. When another agent approached her, Miyamae says that she reached out and tried to stop the TSA screener and accidentally touched her breast. “It was an instinctual moment. I just wanted to keep my space, my personal space from this oppressive presence,” she says.