The 20-Minute Delay That Turned a Flight of Strangers Into Family

for a long time after that, watching strangers hustle past each other like they were all racing a clock only they could see.

Then I saw her again.

The woman from row 5.

She was standing near a charging station, phone in her hand, face tight. Her carry-on was tipped on its side like it had been dropped mid-fight.

She looked up and caught my uniform.

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