CHICAGO – For some, holiday travel has been uneventful. For others — especially because of the winter storms — coming home for the holidays has been anything but.
“I was stuck in Detroit for more than 12 hours because they didn’t give me my bag,” said Marius Pop, who is trying to get back to Romania for Christmas. “They were short on people handling bags and things.”
From cancellations to delays, Pop has even ended up on a flight completely separated from his bag, all of which led to him being stranded at O’Hare, 27 hours behind schedule.
“I love my family. My parents, they’re home waiting for me,” Pop said. “I don’t get to see them much, so whenever I can, I’ll do anything.”
Elsewhere at O’Hare International Airport, children prepared to depart for warmer climes like Disney World, while another woman was traveling from the Great Plains to south-central Africa.
“I’m coming from Lincoln, Nebraska and traveling home to Zambia,” Memory Manda said. “I’m running away from this cold cold.”
