Army rescues 1,000 drivers stranded in cars for 12 HOURS as UK is paralysed by heavy snow (with more on its way)
By Sophie Freeman
Last updated at 2:09 PM on 06th January 2010
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The 23-year-old said: ‘We went through hell. I am eight months pregnant, I couldn’t go to the toilet all night, I couldn’t warm the bottle up for my baby daughter. It was very frightening.
‘There were loads of cars parked up, just on the motorway. No-one knew what was going on – there was no-one to help.
‘We didn’t see any police, we’ve heard that the Army is out but we didn’t see anyone – it’s not very good really.”
She had set off for Heathrow Airport in West Sussex at 5.30pm yesterday and didn’t arrive until 8am today.
Ms Holt’s father, Mark, attempted to reach his daughter but was prevented from driving up the A3 beause it had been closed because of the weather.
He said: ‘It took my daughter 15 hours to get home and no-one came to help her, they didn’t see anyone.’
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Totally unprepared Brits, throughout article, whine: “they” didn’t do this for me; “they” didn’t do this for me; wha, wha, WHA! No one takes responsibility for themselves. Maybe it is the welfare state culture?
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