Nationwide ground stop: Woman traveling for her birthday stuck at SEA

Fox - Seattle
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Nov 13, 2026
Tacoma International Airport,
but really all across the country, people are stuck in the
middle of a ground stoppage.
We're jumping into an interview with FOX 13's Dan Griffin,
talking to a woman who was supposed
to be traveling to Hawaii for a birthday.
What are you feeling?
I'm feeling tired because I've been sitting here waiting,
you know, and I was ready to board and,
you know, just kind of relax, you know,
ready for the vacation. So at this point, I'm just ready to go home.
And so Honolulu was the destination today.
It definitely was.
All right. Well, fortunately it was, but unfortunately we're not going.
At this point.
At least not today. Yeah, not today. Right.
So what would be your advice to people? Because you
said some of the people you were sitting next
to out there beyond security, waiting, hoping and
waiting that they would get information
and that the flight was going to board. What would be your
advice to people who are sitting at home,
maybe streaming right now, watching or watching on TV
and they're thinking, well,
maybe I'll go and maybe my flight will be the one to take off.
I would say don't, I took off the day for work to go
and I could have been working today.
So I would say don't and to contact family members
if you know that they're flying out,
you know, to let them know, like my sister did, so yeah.
All right. Well, I got to tell you, you know, I'm hoping
for the very best for you guys that you get out and get to Honolulu.
You said it's a birthday, a birthday celebration. It is. Yes.
So hopefully tomorrow we can actually celebrate it. So, yeah.
All right. Well, thank you so much. And best of luck. Thank you.
Hopefully tomorrow's the day for you. Thank you. Thank you so much.
