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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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    Sam Sweeney
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    Mar 9, 2020
    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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    Sam Sweeney
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    Jul 25, 2019
    VIDEO: Child disappears on airport baggage belt, passes through TSA X-Ray machine, before ending up in baggage inspection station.
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    Sam Sweeney
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    Oct 1, 2020
    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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    Sam Sweeney
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    Jan 11, 2023
    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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    Sam Sweeney
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    Jun 11, 2021
    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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    Sam Sweeney
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    Dec 1, 2017
    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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    Sam Sweeney
    @SweeneyABC
    Nov 29, 2017
    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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    Sam Sweeney
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    Dec 31, 2017
    Because of an unexpected delay, Hawaiian Airlines flight 446 took off in 2018 and will land in 2017. #timetravel
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    Sam Sweeney
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    Sep 5, 2018
    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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    Sam Sweeney
    @SweeneyABC
    Feb 10, 2017
    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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    Sam Sweeney
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    Aug 25, 2021
    BREAKING: Delta Air Lines says unvaccinated employees must pay $200 per month surcharge for health insurance.
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    Sam Sweeney
    @SweeneyABC
    Nov 20, 2018
    . @AprilDRyan asked the president about @RepCummings wanting to investigate Ivanka’s emails... he pointed at her and walked away.
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    Sam Sweeney
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    Feb 15, 2019
    Happening now: Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale filming all day on the National Mall.
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    Sam Sweeney
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    Jan 5, 2023
    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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