Ferry said everyone is okay and safe, although running out of leftover pizza and water is becoming a concern.
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“They’re nearly using it as a team-building experience”, he said, referring to being stuck.
They had to spend the night on the bus, but tell Local 5 News they had plenty of food and water. Heavy snow through the night made it impossible for emergency officials to clear the road and get traffic moving, Pennsylvania Turnpike spokesman Carl DeFebo said.
Once that happens, passenger traffic will follow a single lane to the turnpike commission’s Kegg maintenance shed, about a half-mile from where the Griffith bus is stranded, for fuel and other needs before being sent eastbound to the Bedford, she said. Check back soon for further information.
Duquesne University’s men’s basketball team is stuck on the snow-closed Pennsylvania Turnpike along with a host of other vehicles as a massive snowstorm climbs up the East Coast.
“We haven’t moved one inch in 12 hours”, he told The Associated Press on Saturday. “We’re trying to keep everybody going outside, getting some fresh air, stretching their legs”. “Then about 9:15 last night, it was a dead stop and we haven’t moved since”. Spokeswoman Renee Colburn says front-end loaders and members of the National Guard began to dig out cars and trucks Saturday afternoon.
“Our first priority is the safety of those human beings”, Governor Tom Wolf said.
He said, “We’ve been warm and we’ve had food, we’ve watched some movies and slept and prayed. Some of the groups went and frolicked in snow to burn energy, but besides that we’ve been playing cards, doing homework, watching videos or playing games on our phones”. “So we can get into positions that most people won’t be able to get into”.
Father Geraci said the students had a very positive attitude throughout the whole ordeal and that it was part of the suffering and sacrifice of their pilgrimage.
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Youth ministry assistant leader for the Lincoln Diocese Georgeanne Rashilla was on one those buses and said she expected to be back in Lincoln late Sunday morning.
