A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent died Saturday morning after apparently jumping from a balcony in the Orlando International Airport.
"At 9:30 a.m., an individual jumped from the Hyatt Regency Hotel into the atrium area of the airport," the Orlando Police Department tweeted. "A male in his 40s was found in critical condition and transported to the hospital where he was pronounced deceased. Preliminary information suggests an apparent suicide."
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