time? >> 3:30 in the morning. >> reporter: normally 45-minute drive in. >> yes, 45-minute drive, two and a half hours. >> reporter: you get to the airport, crack of dawn and what do you hear? >> the counter says the flight is canceled. >> reporter: checked online, called the airline in. >> i checked online, called the airline, many times before i left and everything was okay, come here and they say the flight is canceled. >> 9:45 down to miami? >> first in atlanta then miami, florida. >> reporter: what do we do now? here we are at the airport. i actually found roger sitting on one of the cots that the people who had stayed overnight were using. you're ready to crash here, huh? >> yeah, well it's kind of handy. i wanted to stay until 4:00 which is the official hour, then i'm going to head for a hotel maybe. >> reporter: you don't have any word on when you may get out of here? >> no, and i have to pay for that, you know that, right? >> reporter: i guarantee you the airline is not paying for a hotel. a lot of people were surprised