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New TSA Security Director Draws On Past Trauma To Ensure The Safety Of Travelers
"That day motivates me," he said. "I wouldn't use haunt. It motivates me."
December 23, 2022
It's been nine years since an unemployed motorcycle mechanic entered Terminal 3, and yet Jason Pantages can only barely speak about that fateful day.
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"That day motivates me," he said. "I wouldn't use haunt. It motivates me."
On Nov. 1, 2013, Paul Ciancia entered Terminal 3 at LAX, carrying around two pieces of luggage zip-tied together. Hidden inside his modified luggage was a semiautomatic rifle. When the soon-to-be gunman arrived at the security checkpoint, he pulled out his rifle and opened fire on TSA Officer Gerardo Hernandez, wounding the father of two.
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