Escape from Chicago
(It's not that easy!)
I have returned from my trip down to Chicago for the Waits show - although heightened security at the airport almost meant that my stay would be indefinitely prolonged as I was bumped into stand-by hell.
Waking at 5am this morning, I hopped in a taxi and sped to the airport for my 7am flight. Arriving at 5:45, I was greeted with a giant and slow moving line-up and the news from the Air Canada counter that I was definitely not going to make my flight.
The cause? Significant delays as a result of heightened security at O'Hare following the interception of terrorists in the UK who had planned to bomb US-bound aircraft. Fortunately, after an hour of waiting (and moving 70 feet) the TSA seemed to cease hand-searching (and perhaps added more staff) and things sped up considerably and at 7:20 I was through normal security measures and discovered that Air Canada was holding the flight (until 7:30).
So the short version of the story is that I was at my desk by 10:30.
Waking at 5am this morning, I hopped in a taxi and sped to the airport for my 7am flight. Arriving at 5:45, I was greeted with a giant and slow moving line-up and the news from the Air Canada counter that I was definitely not going to make my flight.
The cause? Significant delays as a result of heightened security at O'Hare following the interception of terrorists in the UK who had planned to bomb US-bound aircraft. Fortunately, after an hour of waiting (and moving 70 feet) the TSA seemed to cease hand-searching (and perhaps added more staff) and things sped up considerably and at 7:20 I was through normal security measures and discovered that Air Canada was holding the flight (until 7:30).
So the short version of the story is that I was at my desk by 10:30.
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