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TSA trains Super Bowl vendors to spot terror threats

INDIANAPOLIS — Giants tough guys Jason Pierre-Paul and Justin Tuck aren’t the only ones getting ready to defend on Super Bowl Sunday. The TSA has trained thousands of stadium workers to spot terror threats at the big game.

From parking-lot attendants to bus drivers to hot-dog sellers, the government has put some 8,000 employees and volunteers at the venue through their First Observer training program.

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“They told us to look for suspicious people and things that didn’t look right,” said Patti Hammerle, an event volunteer who will be signing up people for chances to win free prizes.

“It’s been fabulous. Knowing everybody was watching out made me feel safer.”

Lorraine Wright, a worker at the NFL Experience venue, said she took the government’s anti-terror training online.

“They had us looking for suspicious activity,” she said. “You know, people who looked out of place or just wandering around asking a lot of questions.”

Security staff went through two days of on-site training on what to look for.