New York and Washington airports nearly empty after huge snowstorm
Reuters
2014-02-13
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There's not a lot to love about this latest blast of severe winter weather if you're an air traveler a day before Valentines' Day.
(SOUNDBITE) DAWN POLLARD, STRANDED PASSENGER SAYING:
"I'm horrible. It's Valentine's Day weekend. I came here on a business trip and was leaving to go home this morning and leave for a pleasure trip for Valentine's Day and now I'm stuck here. So, it's a sad time for me."
More than 5,000 domestic U.S. flights were canceled and hundreds more delayed Thursday as a severe winter storm moved north along the East Coast, dumping heavy snow, sleet and rain on runways.
Departure halls at New York's LaGuardia Airport were empty except for a few stranded -- and very frustrated -- passengers.
(SOUNDBITE) LUCY LU, STRANDED PASSENGER SAYING:
"I feel disappointed, but what I can do? And the airline company - they just say to stay here and wait."
And at Reagan National Airport, waiting for the storm to pass was easier for some than
(SOUNDBITE) DAWN POLLARD, STRANDED PASSENGER SAYING:
"I'm horrible. It's Valentine's Day weekend. I came here on a business trip and was leaving to go home this morning and leave for a pleasure trip for Valentine's Day and now I'm stuck here. So, it's a sad time for me."
More than 5,000 domestic U.S. flights were canceled and hundreds more delayed Thursday as a severe winter storm moved north along the East Coast, dumping heavy snow, sleet and rain on runways.
Departure halls at New York's LaGuardia Airport were empty except for a few stranded -- and very frustrated -- passengers.
(SOUNDBITE) LUCY LU, STRANDED PASSENGER SAYING:
"I feel disappointed, but what I can do? And the airline company - they just say to stay here and wait."
And at Reagan National Airport, waiting for the storm to pass was easier for some than
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