!Delayed in Columbus
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KYPATH diary ~ by Evy
14 May 2023 @ 04:54 UTC
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70 year old Ghanaian woman from Queens, traveling
alone. She's visiting daughter & granddaughter in
Cincinnati. Bus from Columbus to Cincinnati was
delayed 9 hours, from 5:40 am to 3:00 pm.

The greyhound station in Columbus is the 1st floor
of a parking garage. It's just two thruways for
buses, a porta potties & benches with anti-laying
down technology.

When our bus from Pittsburgh to Columbus arrives, a
white lady's getting verbally abused, a clear
victim of violence, shiners for eyes and a swollen
mouth. Police arrive soon and don't help much.

The woman from Queens is having trouble on the
phone rebooking her ticket. I gesture my help and
she accepts. I write down the new booking number so
she can have the station attendant print it out.
She complains there's no running water or vending
machine for something to take her meds with.

My heart swells. "There's a cafe a couple blocks
from here, it opens at 7, I'll get you something."

At the cafe she pulls out two pink pills and a blue
pill. For her blood pressure, she explains. She
takes them with a swig of coffee. 

She says she'd take a train from New York City to
Cincinnati but didn't realize there was one. She
has taken trains before and likes the dining cars.