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For the suspected owner of that gun. that person escaped in the airport just as the chaos got underway. nbc news correspondent kathy park is an atlanta with more. kathy >> kendis, lindsey, good morning to you both. it is one of the busiest travel weeks of the year and one of the busiest airports in the world. an accidental discharge of a firearm sent travelers scrambling for safety. >> thanksgiving travel off to a chaotic start at atlantas hartsfield-jackson international airport. >> guys, im in...

Kathy? >> reporter: hey, ali. good morning to you. it is one of the busiest travel weeks of the year, and at one of the busiest airports in the world. an accidental discharge of a firearm sent passengers scrambling. fortunately, things are back to normal this morning, but they are still looking for the man who set off that gun. thanksgiving travel off to a chaotic start at atlantas hartsfield-jackson international airport. >> you guys, im in the airport. and i dont know whats happening. everybod...

Outside. molly: deflect the situation is safe now? have people to safety or is it still a concern where they are trying to get people to safety? >> right now standing outside, the sun is shining, theres not rain, it was never really a downpour which is kind of light rain but there was pretty consistent thunder. right now people are leaving, people are walking to their cars, getting i chose to go back to parking lots. there are police officers and folks out here so theres no panic outside, folks ...

The best solution because there were 80,000 people in the st stadium. at halftime if you say okay, there is a bomb outside, exit the stadium, there will be a panic. you know, several years ago in a big game in belgium, there was 39 people dead because of panic. its really up to take the decision to say okay, we continue the game. i think inside the stadium, people were safe and when the game finished, there was no carnage. so it could have been worse when people came back in the stadium because ...

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