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OMG! Homeless people are sleepingand bathing at the Orlando airport

Some Orlando airport employees have contacted the media to report that homeless people are using the airport's first level to sleep and even bathe in the public bathrooms -- and that's upsetting travelers.

"It is an issue," said Norma McCann, who's on vacation from West Virginia. "They're going to starting picking up people's things that walk away for a second. It's just extra people being in a place they don't belong."

Airport officials said that although people coming in and sleeping in the airport is not a growing problem, they did see an "increase in instances."

In the past week, four people were asked to leave the airport and given a bus pass to do so.

Read the News13 report here.

Actually, it's been known among homeless folks for a long time that the airport is a pretty good place to clean up and to get some rest, so long as you are reasonably presentable and can pass for a tourist.

Full post as published by the 13th juror on December 26, 2014 (boomark / email).