How They Escaped

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I think I mentioned to one person on Mylot last week that my cousin was stuck in Israel. The details on how he got out are just crazy to me. I’ll try to keep this short. He and his wife were asked to come to Israel by some organization, but as we know the war with Iran started, and they closed the airspace. Eventually, they and the others with them were smuggled into Jordan. One of their guides kept posting their location on FB so the people trying to get them to safety narrowed it down to which guide it was, and had to threaten him to stop. Eventually, they got them to Cyprus, where they sat in a plane on the tarmac for four hours before Trump gave word that the plane would be allowed to come back (I know I’m not phrasing that right, but the reason was something like planes from Cyprus don’t have an agreement in certain airspace…I’m not great on that detail). Anyway, they landed back in the United States on Thursday (or was it Friday?). I saw the coverage on CNN and FOXNews. It was the first time I have seen him with a beard, and understandably, he looked about 20 pounds thinner. Meanwhile, somehow his wife looked unruffled. That just seemed crazy to me. I doubt they’ll want to go anywhere for awhile. You know what he was also disappointed about? Being too tired to be there for my dad’s birthday party Saturday.