As we were making our way down the boarding tunnel I took note of the fellow passengers, keeping mental notes of targets that might be of some trouble: A young man no older than 24 in good physical conditions. An older man in his late 40's who I overheard talking about being in the army and some female passengers also. Half way down the boarding tunnel I heard a sudden rise in chatter, I feared the worst, but then my nostrils flared and I knew what the talk was about, some airplane fuel must have leaked out of a pipe outside, sending the gut wrenching fumes into the boarding tunnel. ......

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