The Transportation Security Administration has apologized to a boy who was forced to take off his leg braces at the at Philadelphia International Airport, the Associated Press reported.

A Philadelphia Inquirer columnist wrote that Camden, N.J., police officer Bob Thomas said the incident happened in March when he and his wife were headed with 4-year-old son Ryan to Orlando, the AP reported.

AP reported that “TSA spokeswoman Ann Davis said the agency’s regional security director apologized to the Thomases on Friday.”