Airport floors and canceled flights fill travelers' ground-stop diaries
CNN's passenger-shot compilation shows the nationwide disruption from inside cabins and crowded terminals.
Why this story? One of the most watched videos since yesterday, with 262,412 views.
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Matt Peterson had taken his sleep gummies before learning his flight was canceled. Instead of settling into a plane seat, he was documenting a night on the floor at Newark Airport.
"And now I'm walking through this place like I'm a zombie, and everyone around me is in a full panic," he says in CNN's new compilation, which drew about 260,000 views in less than three hours.
After CNN's reports on airport congestion and aviation technology, this Short brings the disruption down to passenger level. One traveler records his first experience of a nationwide ground stop; another recounts hearing the news from the pilot. An intercom announcement captures the uncertainty inside a cabin.
The report finishes with crowded lines in Miami. CNN says federal officials warned that getting airports and airlines back to full capacity would take time.
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