YOUR TAKING A LIVE LOOK FROM THE ATLANTA - AIRPORT- MANY FLIGHTS ... AND PASSENGERS HAD THEIR TRAVEL PLANS - PARALYZED ... BECAUSE OF A GLOBAL - TECHNOLOGY - OUTAGE. MICROSOFT SAYING ... ITS CLOUD SERVICES ... EXPERIENCED AN OUTAGE ... IN THE EARLY MORNING. THE PROBLEM ... LASTED INTO THE AFTERNOON. AIRLINES COMPANIES SUCH AS DELTA ... AND AMERICAN AIRLINES ... DEALING WITH SOME OF THE WORSE IMPACTS. TAKING A LOOK AT AIRPORTS FROM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY- YOU CAN SEE THOUSANDS WAITING ... OR STRANDED ... IN TERMINALS. MANY OF THEM STILL WAITING TO GET HOME. OTHERS ... DECIDING TO DRIVE TO THEIR DESTINATIONS ... INSTEAD OF WAITING IT OUT. MICROSOFT ANNOUNCING THE UNDERLYING ISSUE ... IS NOW FIXED.// THE SAVANNAH HILTON HEAD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ... NO STRANGER TO CANCELLATIONS ... CAUSED BY THE OUTAGES. WJCL 22 NEWS AJ - SISSONS CAME ACROSS FIVE ... PARRIS - ISLAND - MARINE GRADUATES. BUT THEIR TRAINING DIDN'T END ... AS THEY HAD TO FIND A WAY HOME./// PKG NATSOT "I JUST FINISHED BECOMING A MARINE AT PARRIS ISLAND." VO 13 WEEKS OF GRUELING TRAINING ... - *NATS* NO PHONES ... NO INTERNET ... - *NATS* ALL ENDING IN A GRADUATION ... THAT THESE RECRUITS ... ARRIVED FROM FRIDAY ... SOT <> "YOU CAN'T JUST BE THERE FOR ONE THING, UNLESS YOU HAVE A GOOD 'WHY' ... LIKE YOU CAN'T JUST BE THERE AND SYA, OH I'M GOING TO DO THIS BECAUSE YOU GOT TO REALLY HAVE SOMETHING STRONG IN YOUR HEART THAT MAKES YOU WANT TO DO THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY." VO HOWEVER ... TRAINING ... DOESN'T SEEM TO END THERE ... AFTER THE GLOBAL COMPUTER SYSTEM FAILURE ... THEY'RE FORCED TO TAKE THE LONG WAY HOME ... SOT <> "I FEEL LIKE I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN ... IN ALL HONESTY, IT WON'T BE THAT BAD OF AN ISSUE ... I'VE BEEN GONE FOR 13 WEEKS, AND A FEW HOURS WON'T HURT OR NOTHING, AS LONG AS I GET HOME, IT'LL BE FINE." VO MEMBERS ... WITH SAVANNAH SALUTES ... A WELCOME AND WAITING CENTER FOR MILITARY AND FAMILY AT SAVANNAH HILTON HEAD INTERNATIONAL ... HELPING ALL DAY TO GET THE MARINES HOME ... SOT <> "ON THE FRIDAYS WHEN THEY GRADUATE FROM PARRIS ISLAND, I USUALLY COME IN EARLY, GREET THE BUS. MOST OF THESE MARIENS HAVE NEVER FLOWN OTHER THAN COMING IN HERE, BEING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHEN THEY ARRIVE AT PARRIS ISLAND." VO THEY PROVIDE A PLACE TO RELAX ... SLEEP ... READ ... EVEN REFRESHMENTS ... FRIDAY ... HOWEVER ... THEIR MAIN FOCUS ... WHETHER BY AIR OR ROAD ... GETTING THESE FRESH MARINE GRADUATES ... HOME ... SOT "I INSTRUCTED HIM WHERE TO GO, TO GET A CAB DOWNTOWN AND TRY AND CATCH A 430 GREYHOUND BUS UP TO ATLANTA, SO WE CAN GET HIM HOME PROBABLY BY 9PM TONIGHT. YOU KNOW, TO BE WITH HIS FAMILY." AJ TAG WE ARE LEARNING ... ALL THE 5 MARINES
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The journey home: Parris Island Marine graduates run into airport struggles amidst global issues
Friday's global tech outage caused headaches for millions of travelers across the globe, including five Marines coming straight from basic training
Delays and flight cancellations worldwide gave millions of travelers headaches headed to various different destinations. At the Savannah Hilton Head International Airport, five freshly graduated U.S. Marines, who arrived right from the ceremony, had to find new ways home.Every Friday, a new batch of Marines graduate from Parris Island. However, without any knowledge of the news for the last three months, reality struck the class from July 19."I just finished becoming a Marine at Parris Island," said Pvt. Taj Beverly. "You can't just be there for one thing unless you have a good 'why.'"Thirteen weeks of grueling training, with no phones, music or social media, followed directly up with one of the largest IT failures in the world. Having come directly from their graduation, five Parris Island Marines, unbeknownst to them, continued their training."I feel like I knew this would happen," said Pvt. Malik Totten, when asked about the CrowdStrike outage, however, he was in good spirits. "It won't be that bad of an issue. I've been gone for 13 weeks, and a few hours won't hurt or nothing, as long as I get home, it'll be fine."That's what volunteers with Savannah Salutes, a welcome and waiting center at the Savannah airport, did all day to ensure the Marines got home."On the Fridays when they graduate from Parris Island, I usually come in early and greet the bus," said a retired Marine, Patrick Doyle. "Most of the Marines have never flown other than coming in here, being in the middle of the night when they arrive at Parris Island."Savannah Salutes offers refreshments, low lighting and a place to relax for all military and their families. However, Doyle's main focus on Friday was to get the fresh graduates home either by air, or by land."I instructed (Totten) where to go, to get a cab to downtown and try and catch the 4:30 Greyhound bus up to Atlanta, so we can get him home probably by 9 p.m. (Friday)," Doyle said. "You know, to be with his family."As of 6 p.m. Friday, according to Doyle, all five of the recruits are on their way home, already home, or with their families.
SAVANNAH, Ga. —
Delays and flight cancellations worldwide gave millions of travelers headaches headed to various different destinations. At the Savannah Hilton Head International Airport, five freshly graduated U.S. Marines, who arrived right from the ceremony, had to find new ways home.
Every Friday, a new batch of Marines graduate from Parris Island. However, without any knowledge of the news for the last three months, reality struck the class from July 19.
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"I just finished becoming a Marine at Parris Island," said Pvt. Taj Beverly. "You can't just be there for one thing unless you have a good 'why.'"
Thirteen weeks of grueling training, with no phones, music or social media, followed directly up with one of the largest IT failures in the world. Having come directly from their graduation, five Parris Island Marines, unbeknownst to them, continued their training.
"I feel like I knew this would happen," said Pvt. Malik Totten, when asked about the CrowdStrike outage, however, he was in good spirits. "It won't be that bad of an issue. I've been gone for 13 weeks, and a few hours won't hurt or nothing, as long as I get home, it'll be fine."
That's what volunteers with Savannah Salutes, a welcome and waiting center at the Savannah airport, did all day to ensure the Marines got home.
"On the Fridays when they graduate from Parris Island, I usually come in early and greet the bus," said a retired Marine, Patrick Doyle. "Most of the Marines have never flown other than coming in here, being in the middle of the night when they arrive at Parris Island."
Savannah Salutes offers refreshments, low lighting and a place to relax for all military and their families. However, Doyle's main focus on Friday was to get the fresh graduates home either by air, or by land.
"I instructed (Totten) where to go, to get a cab to downtown and try and catch the 4:30 Greyhound bus up to Atlanta, so we can get him home probably by 9 p.m. (Friday)," Doyle said. "You know, to be with his family."
As of 6 p.m. Friday, according to Doyle, all five of the recruits are on their way home, already home, or with their families.
