As Charlie's group got off, many others did the same.

Most of the people using the road were headed to airports and had arrived a couple of hours early, if not under an hour.

They hence got off and started running—they had to reach the airport in an hour or miss their flight if they waited in their cars.

Hence, hundreds were slowly dragging their luggage despite the congested roads. Charlie could even see that many of them appeared unbothered as they did so, keeping their heads down as if it