Orlando: TSA Agent Dies After Jump from Balcony
February 3rd, 2019Via: Miami Herald:
A TSA agent committed suicide by jumping from the balcony of a Hyatt Regency Hotel near the Orlando International Airport on Saturday morning, sparking confusion and delays at the busy airport.
The man landed at the airport’s atrium, near some security checkpoints.
Gates 70-129 were closed for a few hours after the 9:30 a.m. incident and the Federal Aviation Administration briefly grounded flights.
Orlando police reported that they were working the incident at the airport, but have not released the agent’s name. They did describe him as a male in his 40s.
Jumped. Pushed. Whatever. We’ll never know since there was no surveillance video of the event.
Witness.
https://www.local10.com/news/florida/security-issue-at-orlando-airport-halts-flights-officials-say
James Shaw, a guest at the hotel, said he saw the TSA officer climb over the railing of the one of the balconies that overlook the atrium.
“Thought it was strange and then thought he may be observing the security area below since he was TSA. I wish I would have said something to him,” Shaw said.
It’s pretty interesting that we still don’t know the name of the TSA employee. My guess is that they’re trying to cleanse whatever he wrote online.
From that same link above:
“The officer’s personal andwork histories are now being examined and his social media is being dissected to determine what prompted the apparent suicide, the sources said.”
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Mmm hmm.