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My American Airlines Nightmare

A delayed flight, derelict hotel, and why I'm forcing myself to be grateful (even though I really don't want to be).

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Brian Gabriel Canever
Sep 12, 2023
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I began typing the first paragraphs of this story on Friday night from inside a musty room at the Wyndham Garden Hotel in a very ugly part of Philadelphia. 

I did not choose to …

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