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Passengers walk through JFK airport security, metal detectors buzzing

By Kelly Cohen
Published February 20, 2017 9:50pm ET
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Passengers walk through JFK airport security, metal detectors buzzing
None of the travelers were to be found. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams) | HENNY RAY ABRAMS

With no TSA agents present, 11 unidentified travelers were able to walk through security at JFK Airport in New York Monday morning.

According to the New York Daily News, TSA left the area open and unattended at 6 a.m. at Terminal 5. In addition, it took TSA officials two hours to notify the Port Authority Police Department of the breach.

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