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FYI for anyone traveling this weekend. There was some sort of crisis here and our flights back home for today were cancelled, twice.
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RustySpork
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There are reports of a suicide, it sounds like a TSA employee dove off a hotel balcony a little while ago.
www.clickorlando.com
TSA agent commits suicide after jumping from balcony at OIA, police say
A Transportation Security Administration agent is dead after he jumped from a balcony in the Hyatt Regency Hotel at the Orlando International Airport, according to officials from the Orlando Police Department.
www.clickorlando.com
NYwdwfan
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WESH reporting TSA agent died after jumping from balcony.
TSA agent dies at Orlando International Airport after jumping from balcony
A man has died Saturday after jumping from the Hyatt Regency Hotel into the atrium area of Orlando International Airport, officials said.
www.wesh.com
NYwdwfan
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There are reports of a suicide, it sounds like a TSA employee dove off a hotel balcony a little while ago.
TSA agent commits suicide after jumping from balcony at OIA, police say
A Transportation Security Administration agent is dead after he jumped from a balcony in the Hyatt Regency Hotel at the Orlando International Airport, according to officials from the Orlando Police Department.
Beat me to it!
Awful news.
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That’s sad, condolences to his family. I’m currently in line for SWA to be honest I don’t think anyone is getting out of here on time today
NYwdwfan
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Safe travels.
There are so many levels of sadness to this. The awful event itself, plus all the people who saw it happen - including children. Ugh.
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Thanks everyone. I’m staying at the Dolphin for the night and hoping for no more surprises. Coronado wasn’t helpful but we’re having a better experience with Dolphin.
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SirWillow
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i've read a few articles saying that security told people to run through as they weren't aware of what the situation was yet. But yes, then it means they had to empty the terminal and rescreen everyone. To bad they couldnt' have stopped all the ones that went through security before they got on the shuttles. Probably would have saved a ton of time.
There are reports of a suicide, it sounds like a TSA employee dove off a hotel balcony a little while ago.
TSA agent commits suicide after jumping from balcony at OIA, police say
A Transportation Security Administration agent is dead after he jumped from a balcony in the Hyatt Regency Hotel at the Orlando International Airport, according to officials from the Orlando Police Department.
Oh, no. That's sad to hear.
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Not sure if you all saw the pictures but the security line was all the way out to the SWA drop-off when I arrived. And the SWA line itself to check-in was tough. We could’ve still made our second booked flight had SW not cancelled it on us. Then as we talked to others here at Dolphin we were told some people had been there since early morning and were stuck. Just a chaotic day.
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Awful. I'm sorry to hear that.
DisneyAndADoleWhip
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It looked like the security lines had regulated when we went through at 7pm yesterday. It only took my group of 13 twenty-five minutes to get through. Very solemn feeling in the airport though.
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I’m waiting at my gate now. Security took about 30 minutes but it was a night and day difference compared to yesterday. Im glad you made it through okay.
I’d say TSA was miserable but they’re always like that. Actually, some agents were nice compared to what I’ve experienced with them.
That's what mystifies me... why should a suicide at the hotel affect security in the airsides???
Andrew C
You know what's funny?
Death on airport property causes certain areas to be cleared/locked down?
lazyboy97o
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The atrium is right at the security checkpoint. In the initial chaos people were able to proceed to the airside terminals without being screened.
RustySpork
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From the news that I had read, it happened right outside the terminal B security checkpoint (where the NASA, and the theme park gift shops are) and people in their panic pushed into the secure area causing additional delays.