Saturday, June 26, 2010

My excitement I never want to live again...

Last night I was waiting at the airport for my husband to return as I've done hundreds of times. I try to plan it so I get there about the same time the plane does so he can just walk off and get in the car. I was there waiting for him as the plane landed in front of the airport where they normally let us wait as long as you stay with your car but last night they wouldn't let us stay there. His flight was due to land at 11:10 and by 11:30 I still hadn't seen him so I pulled into the cell phone lot to wait and then he sent me a text saying he was on the runway and something was going on but he didn't know what. I could see his plane at the end of the runway far away from the airport, blue and red flashing lights everywhere. A van from the local news pulled in behind me and I asked if they knew what was going on and they said that they had received a tip of a bomb threat. They had all the passengers stay on the plane for over an hour and then they finally shuttled them into the airport but they were only allowed to take their cell phone, wallet and keys.. everything else had to stay on the plane. They were detained until 4am. They didn't tell them what was going on until after they got them off the plane.. at first everyone was shocked but then it dawned on them that the authorities thought there might be a bomb on the plane but they made all 120 of them stay on the plane?! It was turning into a mob scene by 2am. Thankfully it ended well.. but boy am I beat.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! I'm not going to be very productive today.. but there is always tomorrow!


Big Hugs,

12 comments:

  1. OH MY GOSH!! I'm so glad everything turned out fine but if I were on that plane with a possible bomb, by golly I would want OFF ASAP!!!! Another scary sign of the times, what a night, go get some rest!

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  2. oh my what a long night....was this at RIC?

    so glad it ended well!

    Janet

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  3. Thanks Carmen and Janet, and yes it was at RIC. I saw it this morning on the channel 8 news but hubby said they were all in there questioning them.

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  4. Thank you Stella for answering on my blog....I will listen for the story on the news tonight!

    Sounds like a nap is on order for you....try and stay cool!

    Janet

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  5. Oh my!! I am thankful today, that I was able to read your post, because I was feeling a little down about my husband being gone so much and all the worries that come along with being a military wife. I am thankful because it reminded me of the importance to 'pull up my big girl panties, suck it up, and keep trudging through the deployments because the dangers are always still around us.. xoxox I'm so happy your hubby is safe and sound at home! xoxo ~Jobeth

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  6. So happy to hear that your husband is safe and sound. And sorry that you had to go through all that stress...now I remember why I hate to fly. Take it easy and get some rest.
    ~Cindy~

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