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Best of 2020: The night COVID-19 silenced the slots at Foxwoods
This story was originally published on March 18, 2020.
Mashantucket The only man at the last bar open at Foxwoods Resort Casino sipped bottled water and played Keno on a video screen embedded in the bar top. His name was George Duggan, and he came to witness a moment.
After 28 years and one month of non-stop gambling, defying blizzards and hurricanes, through bull and bear markets, the shock of Sept. 11, 2001 and the election of four presidents, Foxwoods was about to pause.
The tiniest and strongest of disrupters, the COVID-19 coronavirus, had done the impossible. It breached the bubble that keeps a casino a world unto itself, a place without clocks or windows, where the music never stops and the lights never dim.
Dec 16, 2020
Have you ever had a nightmare where you’re rushing to get to someplace vitally important only to realize you’re on a bus or train heading in the wrong direction and you’ll never make it in time? This scenario played out for one Belfast woman last week only she wasn’t dreaming.
Jacqueline Mason was on her way to see her 79-year-old mom, Eileen McGrugan, who lives in an assisted care facility. Due to COVID-19 protocols, visits are limited to pre-scheduled half-hour time slots.
When Mason discovered she’d mistakenly gotten on the wrong bus and her 30-minute window was fast closing, she was understandably distraught. Mason tearfully explained to bus driver 57-year-old Alex “Alec” Bailey what had happened.
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Bus driver takes special detour so passenger can see her mum at care home
Updated: 12 Dec 2020, 13:43
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A BUS driver has taken a special detour to allow a passenger to see her mum at a care home.
Alex Bailey, 57, has been praised for his gesture after he took the 11B bus off route to make sure Jacqueline Mason could meet her mum.
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Jacqueline Mason was able to meet her mum thanks to the driver s gestureCredit: Sky News
The woman had booked a 30-minute visit at the Bradley Manor care home in Belfast - where her mum lives - at 3.30pm.