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The liquids ban had not long come into force when a woman produced a bottle of medication from her hand luggage.
"The security officer said: 'Can you just taste that for me, please?'" McMillan recalls. "So this lady took a swig, then grimaced as if she was going to vomit. When he asked if she was OK, she replied: 'Oh yes, it's just I don't normally drink it, I usually rub it on my back.'"
The former Leeds United and Manchester United star thought he was simply suffering from a raspy sore throat until worried Sky Sports viewers contacted the TV station last October.
Their concerns prompted Mr McQueen, 60, to call his friend and neighbour, surgeon Anirvan Banerjee, one of the UK's leading ear, nose and throat specialists, who insisted he see a GP.
The doctor referred him back to Mr Banerjee at the James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough that same day, and within 48 hours had confirmed cancer of the larynx.
