The Transportation Security Administration screened more passengers at U.S. airports last Friday than any other day in the agency’s history, it said Thursday.

TSA checked 2,792,525 passengers and crew members May 24, the last weekday before the long Memorial Day weekend. On an average day, officers see 2.2 million people pass through checkpoints.

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