Travelers at Reagan National Airport deal with residual impacts of FAA ground stop

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Nov 14, 2026
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Cover side at airports across the D.C. region.
Fox's Josh Rosenthal is standing by
at Dulles International Airport.
But we start with our Shamari Stone live at Reagan National
tonight. Shamari.
Well, first of all, after we were anchoring doing the 4 p.m. show,
we immediately came here. And it has been, I must say,
exhausting because you come here
and there are so many people, many of them.
upset some understanding like hey this is is it
is what it is whereas others are just waiting
trying to figure out what happened they
are relieved that the um it's been lifted however
they now have major delays we're talking about
flight cancellations folks not knowing if they're
going to make it take a look
at this board right here you guys cancel delay delayed canceled
canceled and these delays i was told are actually kind of irrelevant
because some of these flights
have been canceled you come over here you see
the same thing let's take a quick little walk together
This is Norma, and Norma took off from Georgia this morning, right?
She was going to fly to New York.
Well, due to some weather incident down in Georgia,
she was diverted here to DCA, but she's stuck.
So now she was trying to get to New York, and now you've been here.
How are you feeling tonight?
Quite exhausted.
It's been a lot to have to deal with,
but we're trying to get through it as best we can.
So what are you doing now?
You're supposed to get to New York,
and now you're just stuck here at DCA.
Yes, well, now we're going to have
to—the flights were canceled, obviously.
So now we're going to see where we can find a hotel to stay
because they finally rescheduled our flight, but not until tomorrow.
Not until tomorrow.
Well, I hope you make it to the Big Apple.
I understand you have some shows you're
going to go see with your daughter.
All right, make sure you take a selfie
and put it on Instagram and Fox Local,
and we'll check it out.
Take a quick walk with me real quick, you guys.
This is John.
Now, you saw John on a live shot we did earlier this evening.
You're still here.
It has been a long process.
How many hours are we talking about, John?
Five hours for me.
Five hours just sitting here.
What are you going to do next?
Your flight was canceled.
I'm going to rebook my flight for tomorrow,
and I'm going to be heading home this evening.
As soon as my daughter comes up this escalator, I'll be out of here.
What's your reaction?
How are you going to remember today?
As a long, drawn-out...
It's just been a draining event.
I mean, have you eaten anything?
Are you hungry?
Well, I got some cookies that I got from 2011,
so I'm going to share them with you today.
Now, you know, I've lost a lot of weight,
and I've kept it off for three years.
I don't know if I can have cookies,
but I'll have a little piece, all right?
There you go.
All right, John.
John, he has his cookies.
Yeah, it's a sweet cookie, but this is a bitter experience for him.
Now, just to let you all know,
right down there, there are people lined up.
Trying to talk to their airlines
to see what they can do to rebook their flights.
Many of them heard Transportation Secretary Duffy speaking,
and they're thinking to themselves, how did this happen?
Why did this happen?
And they want to see what can be done
to make sure it doesn't happen again.
Don't know if that's possible,
but that's what I'm hearing from the travelers here at DCA
who tell me that they will never forget today.
Back to you in the studio, Sydney and Kenneth.
I'm sure that...
