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posted by martyb on Sunday February 03 2019, @03:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the front-row-seats dept.

Confusion and delays at Orlando airport after TSA agent falls to his death

An off-duty Transportation Security Administration officer fell to his death Saturday from a hotel balcony inside Florida's Orlando International Airport, officials said, sending confused travelers scattering past security checkpoints unscreened and causing flight delays.

There were varying descriptions about what happened. Orlando police said a man in his 40s jumped, in an apparent suicide, from the Hyatt Regency Hotel onto an atrium floor in the main terminal at about 9:30 a.m. ET.

TSA spokeswoman Jenny Burke identified the man as an off-duty TSA officer, and said he fell from one of the multilevel hotel's balconies, which overlooks an area where people line up for one of the airport's security checkpoints.

[...] Trista Eaden told Spectrum News 13, a CNN affiliate, that she was waiting in line for screening when she heard a loud bang. "Then I saw the TSA agents standing up, and all of a sudden they just told us to run, to just go through the screening," Eaden said. The TSA said that several passengers scattered past the security areas without screening. All passengers at gates 70 to 129 had to be rescreened, the airport said.

Also at the Orlando Sentinel.


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Sunday February 03 2019, @11:05AM (3 children)

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Sunday February 03 2019, @11:05AM (#795650) Homepage Journal

    And I came very very close to jumping on July 2008.

    When I realized my ex would soon follow, instead I hospitalized myself.

    It happens that the bridge authority strenuously resisted the suicide barrier for decades, as it was concerned that might discourage tourism. Then one day a young many jumped; on his way down he realized _all_ of his many problems had solutions. All but one:

    He had just jumped.

    One of the very few to ever survive, he want one to advocate relentlessly for the suicide barrier that really _did_ get installed.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday February 03 2019, @05:08PM (2 children)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Sunday February 03 2019, @05:08PM (#795711) Journal

    on his way down he realized _all_ of his many problems had solutions

    What, was there an "exit" interview mid-flight?

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 03 2019, @05:37PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 03 2019, @05:37PM (#795722)

      .....

      Rtfp

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 03 2019, @10:09PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 03 2019, @10:09PM (#795842)

      Kinda.
      Sorta.
      It's extrapolated from the scream of "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" halfway down