"I was chronicling the transformation of a lost man who traveled down a hostile road without a map." Meet Lyle Brooks-confident, intensely private, and squeaky clean. Lyle's entire existence is never out of his control. But shortly after 9/11, something happens that makes him a bit more like the rest of us.

On his way to visit his mother, Lyle is at the airport when he is subjected to a humiliating search. Disgraced in more ways than one, Lyle boards the next flight to Tacoma to visit his mother and tries to put the experience behind him. But it's not that simple.

Lyle tells the story...