Exclusive: Alone and disoriented, 75-year-old Marcos Humberto Vindel Osorio wandered out of George Bush Intercontinental Airport and onto a busy highway, where he was fatally struck by ‘multiple vehicles,’ according to his family
This happened to me as a kid flying alone in the 90s. I had a real short layover and was supposed to be escorted to my connecting flight by United staff who never showed up, and my arriving flight was a few minutes late, so when I got to my next gate, I sat and waited for a little while only to wind up asking the gate agent when my flight was arriving. They told me it had already left.
I think they quickly realized they’d fucked up because I was rebooked on a new flight in minutes and was given a shit ton of credits to use at airport restaurants while I waited.
This happened to me as a kid flying alone in the 90s. I had a real short layover and was supposed to be escorted to my connecting flight by United staff who never showed up, and my arriving flight was a few minutes late, so when I got to my next gate, I sat and waited for a little while only to wind up asking the gate agent when my flight was arriving. They told me it had already left.
I think they quickly realized they’d fucked up because I was rebooked on a new flight in minutes and was given a shit ton of credits to use at airport restaurants while I waited.