SOURCE: MIAMI HERALD
BY HOWARD COHEN
FEBRUARY 02, 2019 11:05 AM,
UPDATED FEBRUARY 02, 2019 07:16 PM
Orlando police, working alongside the Transportation Security Administration, said it was an isolated incident within the atrium area of the airport. “Any reports of suspicious vehicles related to this incident are FALSE. The person that jumped has been pronounced deceased.”
In a statement released to the media, Orlando International Airport (MCO) confirmed that the all of the airport is now open but there are delays because all of the passengers heading to the effected gates have to be rescreened.
Fox35 sports anchor/reporter Adam Shadoff posted a video clip of an airport when it was “at a standstill” after 10:30 a.m.
Passengers at the airport started tweeting around 9:45 that they heard a “bang” and then word began to spread.
“Alright, so we’re in the Orlando airport this morning and all I hear is a loud BANG followed by people screaming. So naturally I thought there was some type of attack and started RUNNINNGGGGG. Spilling my hot coffee all over my hands,” one man posted.
For a few hours, trains from sides 2 and 4 of the airport were stopped and airport spokeswoman Carolyn Fennell told Click Orlando this was out of an “abundance of caution.”
Fennell told the news site some passengers may have gotten through a security checkpoint at Gates 70-129 without being screened because of “an isolated incident.”
Throughout the morning, travelers took to social media to report on the delays and confusion.
“Terrible situation at Orlando airport a little while ago. Person fell from one of the hotel balconies. That was tense there for a bit. Glad kids are ignorant,” posted one.
A hotel guest at the Hyatt told WPLG he saw the man climb over a railing and jump from the balcony. “Thought it was strange and then thought he may be observing the security area below since he was TSA.”
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