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Steps to get away from everything, and oh my goodness. literally one of the most -- i'm still shaking now. one of the most frightening experiences i've ever been through in my life. >> i was going to say, i feel like you're still reeling from all it, the adrenaline pumping, dealing with something like that, going through something like that. >> absolute disbelief. absolutely. you hear about it. and you read about it. but just being in the middle of it, it's something that i thought i would never experience in my lifetime. >> and you saw a girl being trampled, a little girl? >> yeah, young girl...

The airport. once a passenger runs away with a gun, that becomes a law enforcement issue, not a tsa issue. they are not law enforcement officers. >> got it. >> one other thing to consider, yasmin, is that you may know this from living in atlanta, georgia is an open carry state, which means people are allowed to walk around with -- if they have permits, with weapons. and this is something that jim cavanaugh can probably weigh in on better than i can, but there are a number of states around the country where you're allowed to -- you're legally allowed to carry a weapon. now, the tsa this year ha...

We'd come from out the staircase, if we were going to get shot. this was literally nervewracking, as you can imagine, and finally, another tsa agent came and escorted us outside but then we got outside and then folks were saying, the shooter's outside, so they told us to rush back inside. and it was just absolute chaos. you see things like this happen on tv and you hear things like this happening, but being right in the middle of it and involved in it is one of the most terrifying experiences of my life. >> what do you make of 30 minutes later, the airport sending out a statement saying it was...

A passenger with an accidental discharge whose bag was being searched as he sat there and then the passenger subsequently fled. and yet, the airport is assured, putting out a tweet that this is an accidental discharge and this passenger is not in their custody at the very moment. >> yes, that's right, yasmin, and my question also would be, where's the gun? is the passenger gone and the gun was left at the checkpoint? it sounds like that must be the case. because otherwise, i think there would be much more security posture going on here if the person was loose in the terminal with a gun. and it...

Welcome back, everybody. so, we are following the breaking news from atlanta hartsfield international airport, shots ringing out or a shot ringing out around 1:30 this afternoon. we were being told around 2:00 by atlanta airport that it was an accident accidental discharge. an individual brought a loaded firearm in their carry-on to the airport. that carry-on subsequently was being searched by tsa where they discovered the firearm. the individual reached for the firearm and that's when the shot rang out. that individual then fled the airport and they are still searching for them. the airport t...