Visitors at Logan Airport describe hardship from government shutdown and thank staff for keeping operations running

Two visitors at Logan Airport spoke briefly about the effect of the federal government shutdown on workers and travelers, thanking airport staff for keeping operations running during a busy travel day.

Speaker 1, a visitor, said, "Just wanted to come by and check-in. The shutdown's terrible. I'm really, really sorry about it. I know it affects each of you personally, so we just wanted to come by and say hello and and check-in." Speaker 1 added that "yesterday was the busiest day ever at Logan Airport?" and noted the strain of paying rent and buying groceries: "Pay rent. Groceries was hard."

Speaker 2, a visitor, thanked airport employees for their work and community support, saying, "We have an amazing team here, a lot of support. We last shutdown, we had a lot of reach out from the community. Yeah. And it really goes a long way." Speaker 1 closed by urging public appreciation for airport workers: "The public, I hope, needs to show appreciation for you guys showing up and doing doing this work. Your workers, you deserve to be paid, and government's gotta reopen. Thank you for hanging in."

The remarks were expressions of appreciation and descriptions of hardship during the shutdown; there was no formal action recorded in the transcript excerpt.