Funny story: Today, my friend Stevie was waiting for my flight to get in as we came back to school. Her flight had gotten in a couple hours earlier and she had arranged a ride for us once I got in. About an hour before my flight was supposed to get in, Stevie went to the Delta ticket counter to see if she could track me and make sure my flight was on time. Unfortunately, the only Liz Maurer they could find in the system was from Kansas City and all Stevie knew was that I was flying out of Kansas. This Liz Maurer's flight was delayed and eventually cancelled and she was last known to be in California right before she abruptly dropped out of the system. The customer support lady told Stevie that someone's name only disappeared if either they never existed or the plane had gone down. That was all she could tell Stevie.
For the next hour, Stevie thought I was dead. At best, she figured I was in California with no way of getting to Boston. She didn't know what to do. My friend Ari seriously wondered if I had ever existed.
That is what I turned on my phone to when I landed on time in Boston Logan airport. Texts and missed calls from frantic friends figuring out where I was. I don't know what happened to the other Liz Maurer, but I know that I am grateful to be alive and to be back in my dorm room!
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