Scary: Woman disappears from Chicago airport

Wansah Hadgi, 32, flew into Chicago O’Hare airport from a trip to Syria on September 11th of this year.

She cleared customs, definitely arriving on American soil. Her luggage arrived back in her hometown of Lincoln on a connecting flight, but Hagdi never did. (Isn’t that like, never supposed to happen?) The woman, who is described by relatives as “shy” and “devoted to her family” seems to have simply vanished into thin air. Relatives say Hagdi became lost in the airport on her way to Syria, and feel she may have gotten lost again- but it’s not clear how anyone can be “lost” in an airport for nearly a month. However, on the first part of her journey, she reportedly waited by a pay phone in O’Hare airport for three days so her brother could help her get on a flight.

Hadgi’s family last heard from the woman when she was leaving Damascus. She contacted her sister Dilma and promised to call from Nebraska when she needed an airport pickup. Instead, relatives received a call from American Airlines reporting that Hadgi hadn’t claimed her luggage. After her disappearance, a Chicago detective contacted Homeland Security to see if the woman had been arrested and detained. He told the Chicago Tribune that no one knows “who she talked to on that Jordanian airline.” But’s he’s confident that Hadgi is safe, citing the statistic that 97% of missing adults are found, and adding that he can “almost guarantee that there’s no foul play in this case.”