Incedent at Los Angeles Airport

As i already described in the previous post, i had to wait at Los Angeles Airport from 10:00 to 6:45. Lot of incedents has been happened during that duration. I am explaing them below:

After getting denial from domestic airport, i asked them wheather i can stay at the domestic airport itself. Staff told me that I can stay here, But this teminal close down after 12:00. So better if i can stay at the International Airport. As International Airport keep open whole night. So i and one fellow girl returned back to International Airport. On International Airport we tried to catch the Information Center Staff, if they can help us to arrange some accomodation for the night. But there was no one at the counter in midnight.

So after waitng for the staff at the Information counter for few minutes, we decided to stay at airport itself and tried to search for empty seats so that we can do some rest. We found a place and and i kept all the luggage there and sat besides the luggage. After 20-30 miuntes. the girl asked me if i am hungry as she was feeling hungry and also want to make a call to her boyfriend in San Francisco. So i noded in yes and asked, should we keep the luggage to ourselves, She told that is not needed as we will come back after half an hour, so that is ok to leave the luggage here itself.

So i left all my luggage that place, she was not having any luggange just a carry bag, so she also placed that carry bag there, and we were set to go for eating and making phone calls. She was not having any change with her, so we went to one custom shop for change, lady at counter told us she can give change only for 2 dollars rest will be in count of one and five. When we gave her $10 note, she said that this currency is not real, as she could not make any mark on the note from her special pen. The Girl with me was quite worried, but finally things got over as note was not fake. We collected the change and then she tried to dail the numbers, after several tries she finally managed to make few calls.

Now we were really feeling hungry and went to Mac'Donalds for some food, as rest of the restorents were closed at that time. After collecting the food, i suggested to go back the same place where we have kept our luggage. When we reached to the place, we didn't found the luggage there, only empty trolly was standing there. I saw around but no one was there to help me about my luggage. After roaming 5-7 minutes, one air port staff asked me if i am looking for the luggage trolly? After noding in yes, he told me that police has picked the luggage half an hour back. Then i realize, we had gone from that place aroung two hour back.

So, now i requested that person if they can tell me, where police has taken it. He told me, i should check outside, if any police van is there, and asked them where they have taken that. He also told me if i have been delayed they will distroy the whole luggage. So i came out side the airport and searched for police van. But there was not any standing. I was now worried if they would had destroyed my things.

After little enquiry, i got the location where police sub-headquarter was. It was in the basement of the same plateform where we have kept our luggage. So i asked girl fellow if she can come with me. We both went to the police officer there, and explain him our problem. He asked me why i didn't kept my luggage with me always. He also given referenced to the bomb blast happened in the London few weeks back. He told me that people were used to leave their luggage but that was in 1960's not these days. He threatened me that these days we ususally put the abandon luggage in pressurer chembor and explode them if no one claims them in half an hour.

Now situation was going worse. Somehow another helping police officer dialed his head quarter number and told me to talk with them and ask them about my luggage, also describe them total number of items. I told the lady on the phone at other side. After few minutes she told me that there is no luggages as i have described. Now i was quite nervous. I then asked her what should i do now? She asked me if there was any airline stiker sticked on that, I said "Yes, there was."

Then she told me i should now check with the concerned airline staff. Beacuse usually if police officers found any luggage abandoned on the airport with airline sticker sticked, they handover it to concerned airline. So i came back again to the airport and searhed for China Airline counter. There was no one on the counter, so i asked staff at other airline counter about china airline. Staff member went into a room and called the china airline staff.

I told that staff member my situation, and she asked me to tell more detail of it. After telling her detail, she went inside the room and took the trolly out with my whole luggage. I was relaxed now after seeing it again. I have collected it and searched for better place to keep it, so that i can get some sleep now without bothering about my luggage now. Soon we found a place on the same side but other corner of air port at first floor. There were sofa available where people were taking nap with keeping their luggage besides them.

I was relaxed now. So searched for sofa where i can also take the nap.:) After nap, I wake up at 4:30 AM in morning, also waked up the girl fellow and came to the domestic airport to catch the San Francisco flight.