TSA sets new record for number of travelers screened in a single day
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The Transportation Security Administration announced it screened more than 2.95 million airline passengers on Friday, setting a new record for a single day.
In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, the agency said Saturday that it screened 2,951,163 individuals at airport checkpoints nationwide on Friday, surpassing the previous record of 2,907,378 set on the Sunday after Thanksgiving last year.
"If you flew yesterday, congratulations, you were part of a record-setting day!" said Lisa Farbstein, a spokesperson for the TSA, in a separate post.
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