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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
National
Noah Goldberg

Southwest canceled their flights. Then 4 strangers had an adventure

LOS ANGELES — Deborah Rombaut was not at Sacramento International Airport to make friends. She just wanted to get home to Los Angeles.

But the mass cancellation of Southwest Airlines flights, which has left thousands of travelers stranded in airports and hotel rooms across the country, had a silver lining for Rombaut.

The day after Christmas, after her second Southwest flight was canceled, she met three other women hoping to head to Southern California.

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