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Sam Sweeney
@SweeneyABC
✈️ Currently Overseeing Transportation Coverage @ABC . Philly Native. News Nerd. Fmr. Peace Corps Volunteer. Travel Addict. Aviation Enthusiast. ✈️
Washington, D.C.
Born January 14
Joined January 2012
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    BREAKING: A D.C. priest has Coronavirus. He offered communion and shook hands with more than 500 worshippers last week and on February 24th. All worshippers who visited the Christ Church in Georgetown must self-quarantine. Church is cancelled for the first time since the 1800's
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    VIDEO: Child disappears on airport baggage belt, passes through TSA X-Ray machine, before ending up in baggage inspection station.
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    Flight attendants across the country this week give tearful goodbyes on their final flights as more than 40,000 airline employees are furloughed today.
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    BREAKING: A travel nightmare is unfolding right now on Amtrak. Passengers on the Auto Train have been stuck on board for 29+ hours, currently sitting in the woods in rural South Carolina. Passengers called the local police saying they’re being held hostage. LISTEN:
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    A Delta pilot parked a plane in the desert at the height of the pandemic and left a note in the cockpit . Another pilot found it 435 days later. "If you are here to pick it up then the light must be at the end of the tunnel." abcn.ws/3pMpr9D
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    Traditionally the White House Christmas tree lighting is standing room only. This is what it looked like tonight as President Trump spoke. 📸@SteveRudinABC7
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    BREAKING: American Airlines says computer glitch allowed all pilots to take vacation over Christmas week. Now union says thousands of flights are in jeopardy of cancellation. Americans says they’re offering 1.5x pay for pilots to fill in and expect to resolve the issue.
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    Because of an unexpected delay, Hawaiian Airlines flight 446 took off in 2018 and will land in 2017. #timetravel
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    BREAKING: An Emirates A380 in quarantine at JFK Airport right now awaiting CDC officials after about 100 passengers became ill with fevers over 100 degrees and coughing. Flight 203 had just arrived from Dubai.
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    Sec. DeVos physically blocked by protesters from entering DC school--turned away and left. Unclear if she attempted another door. @ABC7News
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    BREAKING: Delta Air Lines says unvaccinated employees must pay $200 per month surcharge for health insurance.
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    . @AprilDRyan asked the president about @RepCummings wanting to investigate Ivanka’s emails... he pointed at her and walked away.
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    Happening now: Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale filming all day on the National Mall.
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    BREAKING: Passengers onboard an Aeromexico flight duck for cover after it was shot at in Culiacan, Mexico. At least one bullet hit the fuselage in the moments after El Chapo's son was captured.
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