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Travelers Heading Home For The Holiday

Travelers Heading Home For The Holiday - Friday, December 21, 2007 at 5:36PM EST

Reported by: Jeff Chirico
Friday, Dec 21, 2007 @05:36pm EST
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY --There's no place like home for the holidays and today some folks are already heading there.
AAA expects more than 65 million people to travel this holiday.

The Martz Bus Station in Wilkes-Barre is a place we find Christmas joy beaming!

We found families anxiously waiting for their loved ones.

Shirley Yonkoski of Laflin says ÒIÕm waiting for my son coming home from Philadelphia to spend the holiday with me."

Nearby on the platform, others are getting ready to leave town.

Michelle Cirba of Exeter says ÒI'm going to Scranton to spend Christmas with my grandmother."

23-year-old Adam Saiers boards the bus for Williamsport. He only gets there a couple times a year.

"It's been so long. I've got two nieces and nephews. I really rarely get to see, so I look forward to seeing them."

At the next gate, the Philly bus finally arrives --a half hour late. But it doesn't matter to Gwendolyn Smith. It's been four months since her son Ramero was home last.
Smith says itÕs beautiful to have her family together. ÒWe are blessed. We are blessed."

Karen Smith's a proud grandma of an infant named Layla and a toddler named Ibin. Both live in Philadelphia. Spending time with the kids is all Karen wants for Christmas.

Smith says "being together. Watching children grow. Being around them is precious."

As the heartwarming welcomes continue at this station, another bus of holiday travelers rolls out carrying Christmas cheer to more families.
 


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