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Southwest canceled their flights. Then 4 strangers had an adventure

In this file photo, a traveler sits with a phone while waiting for a Southwest Airlines agent to return to the ticket counter at Dallas Love Field Airport on Dec. 27, 2022.

LOS ANGELES — Deborah Rombaut was not at Sacramento International Airport to make friends. She just wanted to get home to Los Angeles.

But the mass cancellation of Southwest Airlines flights, which has left thousands of travelers stranded in airports and hotel rooms across the country, had a silver lining for Rombaut.

The day after Christmas, after her second Southwest flight was canceled, she met three

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