21.   For many stranded travelers, the flight disruptions meant living on fast food or running up huge credit card bills as they hunted for alternative routes to get home.

22.   He said Blizzard conditions prevented rescuers from dropping supplies such as food and blankets for the stranded travelers.

23.   He said blizzard conditions prevented rescuers from dropping supplies, such as food and blankets, for the stranded travelers.

24.   In Germany, Frankfurt airport authorities and Lufthansa airlines arranged housing for stranded travelers in private homes and at a gym in the nearby town of Walldorf.

25.   Qantas chief executive Geoff Dixon said he was negotiating to take control of Ansett planes and flight staff to keep stranded travelers flying.

26.   Remans said the airport remained overrun by stranded travelers.

27.   Some offered their homes to stranded travelers.

28.   Stranded travelers at Newark International Airport snapped up postcards and other souvenirs with photos of the World Trade Center buildings as they awaited resumption of service Thursday morning.

29.   Tempers flared as stranded travelers accused the national railway of failing to do more to help them, and some circulated petitions of protest.

30.   Stranded travelers accused the national railway of failing to do more to help them, and some circulated petitions of protest.