They Traveled From South Korea. They Got Stranded Near Buffalo.
Alexander Campagna, a dentist, and his wife, Andrea, a nurse practitioner, hosted 10 stranded South Korean visitors who were in a tour group headed to Niagara Falls. Credit...Alexander Campagna
Alexander Campagna and his wife, Andrea, lifelong residents of Buffalo, were ready to wait the blizzard out. They had stocked the fridge and planned for a quiet holiday weekend indoors at their home in suburban Williamsville, N.Y., as long as the power stayed on.
Then, on Friday at 2 p.m., with the storm already swirling and snow rapidly piling up, making roads impassable, there was a knock at the door. Two men, part of a group of nine tourists from South Korea that was traveling to Niagara Falls, asked for shovels to dig their passenger van out of a ditch.
And so an unlikely holiday weekend began, with the Campagnas welcoming the travelers, along with their driver, as house guests. They became “accidental innkeepers,” said Mr. Campagna, a 40-year-old dentist.
Before leaving on Friday morning from Washington, D.C., the tour participants, most of them from Seoul, seemed unaware of the worrisome forecast, said Yoseb Choi, 27, who is from Pyeongtaek. He was traveling with his wife, Claire, on the tour, which they had booked for their honeymoon.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/25/nyregion/snow-storm-korean-tourists.html
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What a great American story for this cold and dreary day (it's snowing here again).
I can just imagine the festive atmosphere there, perhaps with the Korean cooks pitching in for some special Asian fare alongside traditional American.
Check out the frost on those windows and door. They were so lucky to have landed near a doctor's (DMD) door to assist with any health issues in the group.
Those folks will eventually go home with one hell of a story to share.......
See more crazy Buffalo storm stories here: https://buffalonews.com/
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