TSA worker dies after jumping from hotel balcony inside OIA

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Operations at the Orlando International Airport were haulted for hours on Saturday, after police say a TSA worker jumped off a hotel balcony inside the airport.

Police say the man in his 40s jumped from a balcony at the Hyatt Regency hotel at around 9:30 a.m.

Officials say he was an off-duty TSA worker and that he died at the hospital.

Witnesses say people panicked causing travelers to run through security checkpoints without being screened.

As a result, everyone had to be re-screened, which caused dozens of flight delays and cancellations.

In a statement, TSA officials said, "Our thoughts and prayers go out to the officer's family, friends and everyone in our TSA family."