Two men and two ladies decide to travel 20 hours across the nation to come home for Christmas when their flight is canceled, which sounds like the plot of a Hallmark holiday film.
But that’s precisely what happened to Bridget Schuster, Greg Henry, Abby Radcliffe, and Shobi Maynard when, on December 22, the severe winter storm that was wreaking havoc throughout America interfered with their travel plans.
The four kids were stuck at Tampa International Airport and anxious to return to Cleveland for Christmas.
The four decided to hire a vehicle and travel the 20 hours together after waiting around for a while.
What began as a cooperative effort and goodwill gesture developed into an enjoyable road trip.
They traveled through gas stations, rest breaks, blizzards, and downpours before arriving home to Ohio in time for Christmas Eve. In typical Gen Z fashion, they documented it all on TikTok, accumulating millions of views.
When the flight was canceled on Thursday at 6 o’clock, the drama started.
The earliest they could have us go was December 24 at 6 o’clock.
Bridget Schuster told WFLA, “And we all wanted to go back there, obviously, considerably sooner than that.”
I already know there won’t be any more planes today, I’m thinking in my brain. Henry said, “Particularly to Cleveland, especially knowing there’s a storm.
He requested the others to go with him after renting the automobile.
I believe that at some point when we were just discussing together, we were all just like, “Yeah, we’re doing it.”
We just exchanged glances before asking, “Are you in?” “Sure, let’s join. Abby Radcliffe said, “Let’s do it.
On her TikTok account, Schuster posted updates on the road journey, and worried onlookers and friends enquired as to if there were any “serial murderers” there.
Her first video from the beginning of the voyage received 13 million views by the time she arrived.
The four have decided to maintain contact.
We had a pretty in-depth discussion about our life and the struggles we had to face. It seems like we have just met these individuals, but Maynard said that we have been connected almost from the start.
“I didn’t know when I was going to start this; I simply planned to have a peaceful trip home, get there, and finish.”
Henry said, “This was an entire journey.”
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