The FAA ground stop stranded me at the airport with 3 kids until 4 a.m. We're delayed 3 days and facing thousands in costs.

Morgane Richardson was stranded in Orlando with her wife and three kids after the FAA ground stop. The family waited at the airport until 3 a.m. before finding a hotel and recovering their luggage. Getting home could take three extra days and cost thousands in hotels and lost wages This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Morgane Richardson. It has been edited for length and clarity My family was already in the air flying from Puerto Rico to Orlando, en route back to our home in Albany, New York, when we found out about the ground stop. I had a work conference there, so I decided to bring my wife and three kids, twin 3-year-olds and an 8-year-old, with me. Luckily, we were able to land, but the pilot told us all connections had been canceled. Now it's going to take us three additional days to get home, and it's going to cost us thousands of dollars. We were at the Orlando airport until 3 a.m.

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