In 1986 there was a huge celebration in New York City for the reopening of the Statue of Liberty on July 4. All of the bridges from Manahattan to Queens/Brooklyn were going to be closed that day and the taxi drivers were going on strike anyway. I had a very early morning flight out of LGA and had no idea how I would get to the airport from Manhattan and being a college student didn't have any $ more limo service or hotel. So I trekked out to LGA about 11pm and camped out on a some benches and *tried* to sleep. For some reason they wanted to vaccuum the carpet every couple of hours. Funny how some things seem like a great adventure when you are 19 doesn't seem so much fun when you get older !

Alan