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Sen. Schumer Stranded at Heathrow Airport
1010 WINS ^ | August 10, 2006 | 1010 WINS

Posted on 08/10/2006 3:17:37 PM PDT by LurkedLongEnough

WASHINGTON -- Among the thousands of frustrated flyers stuck at London's Heathrow Airport Thursday was U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, a jet-lagged casualty of worldwide delays and cancellations that grounded his family vacation.

"It's a nightmare, everyone's stuck, and our flight is apparently delayed until Sunday,'' the senator told The Associated Press by phone.

The New York Democrat and his family arrived at Heathrow Airport at 9 a.m. London time Thursday, but the plane was forced to sit on the runway for two hours before disembarking passengers.

When they finally got off the plane, they were greeted with the chaos caused by the arrests in a major international terror plot.

The Schumer family spent eight hours racing back and forth between Heathrow terminals just trying to catch up with their luggage.

"We now know the shuttle between the terminals better than we know the D train in Brooklyn,'' the senator said.

The first connecting flight to their planned destination -- Amsterdam -- isn't until Sunday, so Schumer said the family would probably head into central London for at least one night.

Schumer said that as chaotic as the airport is, he thought British officials were handling it well.

"The British are very good at these kind of crises, you know, a stiff upper lip, very helpful, but they don't seem to have much information,'' he said.

Schumer, his wife and two daughters had planned a two-week trip through Europe.

Oddly, he is not the first prominent New York politician to witness a major British terror incident.

When the London Underground subway system was attacked in July 2005 by terrorists who detonated backpack bombs on several trains, former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani was at a hotel just a few blocks from one of the explosions.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: 109th; 3peat; leavehimthere; lhr; londonairlineplot; schumer
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To: LurkedLongEnough

No information? Not even for his wife, the current commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation, Iris Weinshall.


41 posted on 08/10/2006 3:43:34 PM PDT by maggief
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To: Liz

Chuck has enough money, why not get a cab, stop at a mall and buy clothes then go to a hotel?


42 posted on 08/10/2006 3:45:14 PM PDT by jla
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To: jennyjenny

Well said!

Bump

That will leave a mark :)


43 posted on 08/10/2006 3:50:08 PM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: All

Any hackers lurking?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1681445/posts?page=19#19

Get er done!

:)


44 posted on 08/10/2006 3:52:52 PM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: EagleUSA
Comment deleted by myself to save the administrator the trouble.
45 posted on 08/10/2006 3:52:56 PM PDT by Lurking in Kansas (Nothing witty here… move on.)
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To: LurkedLongEnough

Keep him, we don't want him. Too bad he able to talk to the press from there!


46 posted on 08/10/2006 3:55:22 PM PDT by gidget7 (PC is the huge rock, behind which lies hide!)
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

unbelievable!

I'm sure IDF can use someone to clear mines.


47 posted on 08/10/2006 3:55:53 PM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: mrs tiggywinkle

Exactly, he could have been on one of the planes they took out!


48 posted on 08/10/2006 3:56:15 PM PDT by gidget7 (PC is the huge rock, behind which lies hide!)
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To: The Mayor

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1681445/posts?page=22#22


49 posted on 08/10/2006 3:56:36 PM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: LurkedLongEnough
"It's a nightmare, everyone's stuck, and our flight is apparently delayed until Sunday,''

What a moron. He can take a train via the chunnel, and be there in about 14 hours.

50 posted on 08/10/2006 3:59:17 PM PDT by Lurking in Kansas (Nothing witty here… move on.)
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To: Calpernia

This is just too funny!!!!!!!

BWAhahahahahahaha!


51 posted on 08/10/2006 4:07:27 PM PDT by The Mayor ( http://albanysinsanity.com/)
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To: EagleUSA

Its got to be tough being out of power. Air Force One would have made a special trip by now if Bill Clinton was president.


52 posted on 08/10/2006 4:09:56 PM PDT by Keflavik76
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To: EagleUSA

Was just thinking that this is not all bad.


53 posted on 08/10/2006 4:12:36 PM PDT by muawiyah (-/sarcasm)
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To: gidget7

Right! But I suppose since he's not one of the *little people*, he shouldn't be inconvenienced.


54 posted on 08/10/2006 4:13:16 PM PDT by mrs tiggywinkle
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To: LurkedLongEnough
Schumer, his wife and two daughters had planned a two-week trip through Europe.

Wow, must be nice.

A job in politics certainly beats the dumbass salary I'm making...........

55 posted on 08/10/2006 4:14:08 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors - and miss.)
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To: LurkedLongEnough; The Drowning Witch

Oh, THIS is RICH ..........


56 posted on 08/10/2006 4:17:01 PM PDT by Jackknife ( "It's not a real party 'til somebody breaks something.")
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To: EagleUSA
I wonder how Chucky is feeling about the defeat of Joe Lieberman now????

Lieberman, the only Democrat who ever got it when it came to the dangers the terrorists pose for us and the rest of the world.

IMO, Joe is coming out smelling like a rose now! And, all those Dems who worked so hard to defeat him (including Chucky) look like a bunch of fools!

57 posted on 08/10/2006 4:17:40 PM PDT by moondoggie
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To: moondoggie

yep.....perfect timing.


58 posted on 08/10/2006 4:18:15 PM PDT by bonfire
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To: altura
Does this mean he won't be on the Sunday shows? If only Biden were with him.

Now, that's funny as hell .......

59 posted on 08/10/2006 4:19:34 PM PDT by Jackknife ( "It's not a real party 'til somebody breaks something.")
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To: jla

He's a liberal----he can't think that fast.


60 posted on 08/10/2006 4:20:14 PM PDT by Liz (The US Constitution is intended to protect the people from the government.)
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