Detroit Super Fan Affective by FAA Outage

Fox - 2 Detroit
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Nov 14, 2026
to know Scott, Jamie, Charlie. Okay.
My morning just went significantly up. Korean Pistons fan,
Korea Pistons fan, Tom.
He is an, uh, would you say you're an influencer?
Uh, yeah, I follow him
on, on social. This guy is awesome. Huge Pistons fan.
We also have Gia from Detroit here who is
getting ready to interview. And I'm like, is that Korea Pistons fan?
Okay. We got to talk about this.
We had the crazy FAA...
Stoppage last night.
Right, right.
Did that affect your flight at all?
I hope not.
I actually just came to the airport hoping it didn't get affected.
My people told me it won't get affected, but I'm not sure.
I really hope not.
Was it scheduled for this morning?
Yeah, it's 11.30 a.m.
So you're going back to Korea?
Yeah, I'm going back to Korea.
Okay.
How long have you been over here?
I arrived here on Halloween, so that's around two weeks and a few days.
Wow.
What did you think?
I mean, Cade put up 52 points.
I almost died watching that game,
because that was a stressful but amazing game to watch.
I don't want to leave Detroit.
How has it been being over here?
This wasn't your first time here, right?
Yeah, it's actually my fourth time,
and every visit gets much better and better.
It was an amazing experience of my life, yeah.
Very cool.
Well, I'm glad that that stoppage did not affect you.
And then we got Gia here.
Gia.
Your family is flying out.
Were you worried about it, your family, last night?
Yes, as well.
They're also going back, so yes.
Where are they going to?
Right now they're going to Korea as well.
What?
Oh, they're hiding.
Her family is hiding.
But you know what?
I actually ran it.
You've got people here who are pretty optimistic.
Oh, I see them.
I see them hiding.
There's the cute little granddaughter.
But, you know, I talked to a young lady
from D.C. who was heading to Vegas.
She got stuck here last night,
and it was a pretty frustrating experience.
Take a listen to her real quick.
You were here last night during the pandemonium.
Yes.
What was it like?
It was terrible and chaotic.
So where were you going and what time did you find out about all this?
I had flew from DC.
I got here around noon, had a three, four hour layover.
Right when I was supposed to start boarding
is when the ground stop happened.
The lounges were packed.
They wouldn't let anyone else in the lounge because it was over,
like, capacity, I think.
And then we all waited for a few hours,
and all the flights just kept getting canceled,
even after the ground stop was lifted.
All right.
I was in the middle of asking a Korea Pistons fan
a lot of different questions about if
he met the team and all that kind of stuff.
What did you do on your two-week trip here?
Oh, I cannot...
Tell you everywhere I went to,
in this interview at least, but I went everywhere.
I tried to go everywhere.
I asked for recommendations.
I went to Blake's Cider Mill.
I went to the Lions game.
I went to the Red Wings game.
I went tailgating.
I went to the Michigan University of Michigan game and state game.
That was amazing.
I just tried to go everywhere.
Very, very cool.
Well, I hope that you have a safe flight.
I'm glad you weren't affected.
If you were affected, would you have mind staying here?
I know I would love to, but I don't want to get fired from a job.
I'm going to turn it off, so.
Understood, understood, understood.
Anyways, so Charlie, Jamie, I'm live here.
Obviously, everybody pretty optimistic here.
And come on, man, this dude is a viral Pistons fan.
He's a legend.
I love this guy.
I just love how much he loves Detroit.
Scott.
I know a Korean Pistons fan,
he went to the 313 store on the Avenue of Fashion.
Can you ask him how his experience was there?
Hey, you went to the Avenue of Fashion, right?
The 313?
Yeah.
What did you think?
It was amazing.
I actually bought stuff there because it was so beautiful.
I also went to a cheesecake place there.
I went to the fashion store.
It was amazing.
Fame was amazing.
Yeah, I would love to go back there anytime.
It's all Detroit swag.
I love it.
I love it.
Okay, man.
I hope you have a safe flight and I will continue liking your posts.
Scott, we met him at the tailgating party
when we were out there for the football game.
He stopped in and said hello.
Against the Vikings, right?
Against the Vikings.
That's right.
And we won.
I think we won.
He brought us good luck.
Very cool.
Well, he.
All right.
Scott Walchek.
Very nice.
Very nice.
We'll check in with you a little bit later.
All right.
Quick break.
Back in a moment.
