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ATL and TSA to Mark Anniversary of Sept. 11 (September 10, 2018)

For Immediate Release

September 10, 2018

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ATL and TSA to Mark Anniversary of Sept. 11

Ceremony remembers and honors victims of 9/11 attacks

ATLANTA –Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) leaders will mark the seventeenth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks Tuesday morning.

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, TSA Federal Security Director Mary V. Leftridge Byrd, interim Airport General Manager Balram Bheodari and other federal and Airport officials will offer remarks. The ceremony will also include a presentation of colors, a moment of silence and special performances.

WHO: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, City of Atlanta
Balram “B” Bheodari, Interim General Manager, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

Mary Leftridge Byrd, Federal Security Director, Transportation Security Administration, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

WHAT: Hartsfield-Jackson and TSA honor and remember the victims of the 9/11 attacks

WHEN: Tuesday, Sept. 11
10 a.m.

WHERE: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

Domestic Terminal Atrium

6000 N. Terminal Parkway

Atlanta, GA 30320

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