Like tens of thousands of others, I was just trying to get home without incident.

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So I ended up having to stay an extra day for nothing, just because I couldn't get a flight home.

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But just last weekend they called me as I was driving home to to ask which Mac they should get.

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"When I get home, I drive around the city, go to some of my old spots, just hang out with people, " he said.

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"I expected to get home and hear that my daddy was OK, that he called from his office just to say, 'Don't worry, I'm OK.' And I didn't get that, " she said.

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