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It's not just the airlines that are screwed up. For lack of a better term.
Isabel Keane
January 11, 2023 5:04pm
An Amtrak train got stranded for 37 hours in South Carolina — leaving passengers so panicked, they were calling 911 believing they were being held hostage.
The Auto Train left Virginia at 5 p.m. Monday and was supposed to reach Orlando, Fla. by 10 a.m. Tuesday — but was forced to change course after a CSX freight train hit a vehicle left on the tracks in South Carolina.
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Amtrak train delayed for 37 hours prompts passengers to call 911 over ‘hostage’ fears
ByIsabel Keane
January 11, 2023 5:04pm
An Amtrak train got stranded for 37 hours in South Carolina — leaving passengers so panicked, they were calling 911 believing they were being held hostage.
The Auto Train left Virginia at 5 p.m. Monday and was supposed to reach Orlando, Fla. by 10 a.m. Tuesday — but was forced to change course after a CSX freight train hit a vehicle left on the tracks in South Carolina.
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Amtrak train delayed for 37 hours prompts passengers to call 911 over ‘hostage’ fears
“For those of you that are calling the police, we are not holding you hostage,” a conductor told passengers over the loud speaker.
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