A family trying to fly from Albany International Airport to a cousin’s wedding last Friday ended up stranded because TSA agents had left.

John Swick of Old Forge, Herkimer County, said he, his wife and their children, ages 3 and 4 months, had driven 2½ hours to make the flight. Hurricane Matthew was hitting Florida and the flight was delayed several hours until 9:45 p.m.

Swick said he showed up at the airport at 8:20 p.m., only to be told by a Jet Blue agent that TSA personnel had left 20 minutes earlier and the family could not be cleared to fly.

“The whole experience was surreal,” Swick said. “We couldn’t get through security because TSA had left.”

TSA spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein said Hurricane Matthew was hitting Florida, causing delays, but passengers should have been advised to get to the airport on time. All the passengers but the Swick family and one other individual made the flight, she said.

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