Friday, November 1, 2013 we embarked on a trip to visit our
son Zak and his wife Kimberly and 6-month old son Schroeder, now living in Los
Angeles, California.
We left Detroit (DTW) and headed for the airport in LA
called LAX.
About 2 hours into the trip, the guy sitting in our row and
listening to the news, told us that there was a shooting at LAX and that the
airport was closed.
We notified the flight attendant who was very surprised and
she went over to the cockpit and notified the pilot who was even more surprised
since he had not been informed about the situation at LAX.
The pilot actually came on the PA and thanked us for letting
him know. Unfortunately the situation at LAX was going to change our plans and
the plans of the many planes headed for LAX.
We were diverted to Salt Lake City, Utah where we landed and
de-planed but re-planed in 30 minutes, which was a great turn-around time since
we feared we were going to have to overnight in Salt Lake City.
We landed at LAX with no trouble but that is when the fun
really began.
Since the airport was closed for so many hours, everything
was backed-up big time. We needed to get a rental car at Hertz but remember
that many people dropping off their rental cars were stuck there and could not
get to the airport to catch their scheduled flights. Also, all of us that
landed at LAX were stuck at the airport because no rental company buses were
allowed to enter the airport…it took hours to get things moving again but once
at Hertz, we just got in our car and took off…
But now it was rush hour in LA. Have you ever driven on a
Los Angeles freeway at rush hour? LA freeways have 8 lanes going each way and
cars are all bumper to bumper. It took 2 hours to get to the hotel which was
usually 30 minutes away.
Once at the hotel, we called our son and said we will not be
coming over tonight because I needed a really BIG vodka on the rocks…
Unfortunately these days, you have to be ready for the
unexpected at all times but to shoot at TSA agents and people trying to board
planes in a crowded airport takes the stress of flying to a new level.
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