Rabbi Joey Haber told a story about a man whose effort proved to be invaluable. The man was asked to fly a Sefer Torah from one country to another. He got to the security line and was immediately confronted.
“Sir, what is this?” the TSA agent asked.
“It’s a very holy religious object.”
The agent said, “Well it’s going to have to go underneath the plane with the luggage. You can’t carry that with you.”
The man replied, “Absolutely not, please just let me through. This needs to stay with me at all times.”
She saw it was important to him and answered, “Okay. You can try to go to the gate with it, but there’s no way they’ll let it on the plane.” And she cleared him through security.