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　　It was half an hour before midnight on December 24th last year. I was a ticket-counter supervisor（主管）for a major airline and was looking forward to the

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　　of my shift （轮班）at Stapleton International Airport in Denver. My wife was waiting up for me at home so that we could

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　　our gifts for Christmas.

　　Just then, a very

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　　gentleman went up to me.

　　He asked how he could get to Cheyenne, Wyoming. He had just arrived from Philadelphia and

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　　his connecting flight. I pointed him to the ground transportation area, where he could rent a

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　　. And then I called my wife to let her know I would be home

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　　.

　　About fifteen minutes later, the gentleman

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　　and informed me that all the buses were full and there were no cars

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　　. I told him that he had to stay for a night at the airport. Hearing that, he burst into

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　　.

　　I tried to make him calm down. He explained that his name was Tom, and that his only son was

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　　ill at home and was not expected to

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　　another year. He expected that this would likely be the

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