A mother in Hawaii said she was "humiliated" by a security agent at the airport when she felt the need to pump breast milk at a public bathroom in order to go through security with her breast pump.

Amy Strand, 38 was going through security at Lihue Airport in Kauai on Wednesday, when the agent looked into her breast pump equipment. She showed the pump, a cooler pack and empty milk bottles.

Strand told ABC News that the agent told her the ice pack would not be allowed through security without milk in the bottles. She told the agent that the ice pack would not be easy to replace because it was customized for the cooler.

So she felt the need to pump milk from her breast in order to fill the bottles so that the ice pack could go through.

"It really confuses me as to how an empty breast pump and cooler pack are a threat to national security and 20 minutes later, with milk, they no longer pose a threat to national security," Strand told ABC News.

Strand had to go to the public bathroom and pump milk at the open area.

"I'm in a dress, in heels and I find myself in front of a sink and mirrors with travelers coming in and out of the bathroom," Amy Strand told ABCNews.com. "I'm standing at the sink with my breast hanging out, pumping. I wanted to cry. I was humiliated."

The TSA apologized to Strand for the humiliation but said that the agent never mandated her to pump milk in the bathroom.

"The passenger has contacted us with her concerns and we accept responsibility for the apparent misunderstanding and any inconvenience or embarrassment this incident may have caused her," the TSA said in a statement. "The officer in question is receiving remedial training."

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