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Memphis airport TSA agents pinned an 18-year-old St. Jude cancer patient to the ground in a violent June confrontation, new video shows. Hannah Cohen was traveling home from St. Jude's hospital in Memphis, where she was undergoing treatment for brain cancer. In a July lawsuit, her family accused TSA agents of using unreasonable force and failing to provide adequate facilities for Cohen, whom they say is partially deaf, partially blind, motion-impaired, and easily confused in unfamiliar settings. The new footage, obtained from TSA surveillance cameras, shows Cohen speaking with TSA agents, apparently in disagreement. One agent attempts to take her arm, and she hits back, after which the agent pushes her to the ground where she struggles before being handcuffed.