More than 50 San Antonians are headed home after traveling in Israel when war was declared

SAN ANTONIO – Travel agent Alice Petry stated she tries to plot for the sudden. But the decision she aroused from sleep to on Saturday was one thing unwritten.

“A lot of things have to change before anyone goes back,” Petry stated.

Petry owns Petry Travel. She helped prepare a 12-day travel for a bunch of 40 folks from the San Antonio space to commute to the Middle East.

Day 5 in their adventure was when Hamas attacked Israel on Saturday. As Israel declared war, Petry stated her primary precedence was getting her folks out of the Middle East and again home safely.

“At the end of the day, Saturday, we knew what they were going to do,” Petry stated.

(*50*) staff were given on a bus from the Jerusalem space and traveled to Amman, the capital of Jordan, on Sunday, in line with Petry. From there, she was in a position to lend a hand guide a couple of flights for the gang.

Some had been in a position to get an instantaneous flight from Amman to the United States, and others needed to forestall in Turkey or Egypt first.

“We got eight seats here, two seats here and three seats here,” Petry stated. “We pieced it together.”

Petry showed as of Wednesday afternoon, her whole staff of 40 had safely returned to the United States.

A identical adventure was had by means of a bunch of nineteen folks with Concordia San Antonio, a Lutheran Church at the North Side.

Senior Pastor Bill Tucker is a kind of vacationers. He showed in a video despatched to 12 on Wednesday morning that his staff made it to Jordan and was anticipating flights.

“We were able to go through the border crossing this morning,” Tucker stated. “We were able to get flights as early as tomorrow and then continue to get folks flying out and flying home each day.”

He stated everybody in their staff was secure, however in a remark despatched to 12, Concordia San Antonio prayed for the ones affected in the Middle East.

“Please pray for all those affected by and victimized by these attacks, and that peace would be restored to this region quickly,” Concordia stated in a remark.