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Old Jun 16, 2007 | 5:54 am
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welcome to ft, ronmexico!

thanks for the story...sounds scary and frankly, a bit exciting, all at the same time, thanks for sharing your story.

Originally Posted by jonslow
<snip> Also, for the well-behaved passengers who didn't try to evacuate with their carryons, how long did you folks have to wait to get your carryons? Thanks.
Originally Posted by ronmexico
We had to wait to get our carry-on bags until they had the slides re-stowed. It was midnight before we had them back.
i, like jonslow am curious whether people slowed things down trying to get to their carry-ons...and whether everyone really did 'leave all carrry-on's behind.' i've always thought i would probably try to bring my purse with me (stupid, probably, but as it's never stored in the overhead i would likely try.)
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