1. At Hertz, business has been cut in half, and Avis has been relying on one-way rentals by stranded travelers trying to get home. 2. Conversely, inland hotels did a banner business, with rooms filled to capacity by residents forced to evacuate their homes or stranded travelers. 3. Dr. Robert Ferguson, a North Carolina surgeon and Canadian native, thought of the local teenagers who had spent the week serving meals to the stranded travelers. 4. In New York on Sunday, workers at La Guardia Airport were trying to get thousands of stranded travelers flying again. 5. It also would give passengers the most recent details available on delays, and provides for some amenities for stranded travelers. 6. Other stranded travelers made a mad dash for Amtrak, reserving all available seats through Friday, officials said. 7. Rental car and bus companies, which also bailed out thousands of stranded travelers in the days after the attacks, witnessed unprecedented demand as well. 8. Some cities scrambled to set up Red Cross shelters to house stranded travelers. 9. Television feasted on pictures of stranded travelers in airline terminals trying to get some sleep against their luggage. 10. The Comfort Inn in Colby ran out of rooms but offered lobby floor space to stranded travelers. |