Images: Scenes of Holiday Travelers
See scenes of holiday travelers at O'Hare International Airport and around the nation from Wednesday.
Krista Bartoszek of Batavia and her family, husband Mike, Alexa and Jacob, are traveling to Philadelphia to visit family for Thanksgiving.
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Dan Hanebrink of St. Charles is flanked by his two sons, Kurt, left, and Brett, both home from college for Thanksgiving, and arrived at O'Hare Wednesday. Kurt goes to school at Skidmore College in upstate New York, and Brett at Ohio University.
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Bettina, left, and Carina Dornseifer of Mount Prospect, were at O'Hare Airport to travel overseas to Germany to visit family.
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Christine Kraemer of Wilmette, left, meets her daughter Carolyn at O'Hare Airport, who is home for Thanksgiving from Washington D.C.
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A TSA agent checks in Thanksgiving travelers at terminal 2 at O'Hare Airport.
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Conductor Celeste Badger wears a turkey pin on her tie as she prepares to board an Amtrak train heading for New Orleans ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, in Atlanta. An estimated 46.9 million Americans are expected to take a car, plane, bus or train at least 50 miles from home over the long holiday weekend, according to the motoring organization AAA. That would be an increase of more than 300,000 people over last year, and the most travelers since 2007.
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Sally Maxey, a teacher from Graham, Texas, reacts as she wins free tickets to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade courtesy of Homewood Suites by Hilton as she leaves New York's LaGuardia Airport on the day before Thanksgiving, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015. Homewood Suites by Hilton also distributed "suite travel" kits and prizes to travelers to make their trips less stressful.
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Kendra Taylor, of Atlanta, waits to catch an Amtrak train to spend Thanksgiving in Decatur, Ala., Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, in Atlanta. An estimated 46.9 million Americans are expected to take a car, plane, bus or train at least 50 miles from home over the long holiday weekend, according to the motoring organization AAA. That would be an increase of more than 300,000 people over last year, and the most travelers since 2007.
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A traveler waits outside an Amtrak station as paintings by artist Robert West are displayed inside ahead of an inbound train from New York Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, in Atlanta. An estimated 46.9 million Americans are expected to take a car, plane, bus or train at least 50 miles from home over the long holiday weekend, according to the motoring organization AAA. That would be an increase of more than 300,000 people over last year, and the most travelers since 2007.
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Department of Homeland Security police officers walk through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, in Atlanta. The big Thanksgiving getaway went into full swing Wednesday with drivers delighted by the lowest November gas prices in years and many airline passengers undaunted by terrorism fears and long lines at security checkpoints.
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Atlanta police officer Jason Bilak and his dog Bas inspect a check-in counter at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, in Atlanta. The big Thanksgiving getaway went into full swing Wednesday with drivers delighted by the lowest November gas prices in years and many airline passengers undaunted by terrorism fears and long lines at security checkpoints.
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Police officers stand watch at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, in Atlanta. The big Thanksgiving getaway went into full swing Wednesday with drivers delighted by the lowest November gas prices in years and many airline passengers undaunted by terrorism fears and long lines at security checkpoints.
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An Atlanta police officer directs traffic outside a terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, in Atlanta. The big Thanksgiving getaway went into full swing Wednesday with drivers delighted by the lowest November gas prices in years and many airline passengers undaunted by terrorism fears and long lines at security checkpoints.
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Travelers wait to go through a security checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, in Atlanta. The big Thanksgiving getaway went into full swing Wednesday with drivers delighted by the lowest November gas prices in years and many airline passengers undaunted by terrorism fears and long lines at security checkpoints.
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Atlanta police officer Jason Bilak and his dog Bas patrol through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, in Atlanta. The big Thanksgiving getaway went into full swing Wednesday with drivers delighted by the lowest November gas prices in years and many airline passengers undaunted by terrorism fears and long lines at security checkpoints.
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A billboard with an image of Santa Claus stands above a departing Amtrak train as an attendant waits for any last passengers Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, in Atlanta. An estimated 46.9 million Americans are expected to take a car, plane, bus or train at least 50 miles from home over the long Thanksgiving weekend, according to the motoring organization AAA. That would be an increase of more than 300,000 people over last year, and the most travelers since 2007.
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Ginny Barr, 18, center, is swarmed by her sisters Sarah,15, left, and Molly, 13, as she arrives at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport from college in North Carolina to spend Thanksgiving at home in Fort Benning, Ga., Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, in Atlanta. The big Thanksgiving getaway went into full swing Wednesday with drivers delighted by the lowest November gas prices in years and many airline passengers undaunted by terrorism fears and long lines at security checkpoints.
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People move through Grand Central Station Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, in New York. An estimated 46.9 million Americans are expected to take a car, plane, bus or train at least 50 miles from home over the long holiday weekend, according to the motoring organization AAA.
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Carola Vazquez, center, waits at the ticket counter with her children Isabel, left, and Diego, kneeling, while traveling to Cancun, Mexico from Miami International Airport, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, in Miami. The big Thanksgiving getaway went into full swing Wednesday with drivers delighted by the lowest November gas prices in years and many airline passengers undaunted by terrorism fears and long lines at security checkpoints.
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A TSA agent goes through items at a security checkpoint at Miami International Airport Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, in Miami. The big Thanksgiving getaway went into full swing Wednesday with drivers delighted by the lowest November gas prices in years and many airline passengers undaunted by terrorism fears and long lines at security checkpoints.
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Security personnel looks on as passengers wait to pass through airline security at LaGuardia Airport in New York, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015. An expanded version of America's annual Thanksgiving travel saga was under way Wednesday with gas prices low and terrorism fears high. An estimated 46.9 million Americans are expected to take a car, plane, bus or train at least 50 miles from home over the long holiday weekend, according to the motoring organization AAA. That would be an increase of more than 300,000 people over last year, and the most travelers since 2007.
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Travelers walk to a ticketing desk at O'Hare International Airport, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, in Chicago. An estimated 46.9 million Americans are expected to take a car, plane, bus or train at least 50 miles from home over the long holiday weekend, according to the motoring organization AAA .
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Passengers walk in Terminal 3 at O'Hare International Airport, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, in Chicago. An estimated 46.9 million Americans are expected to take a car, plane, bus or train at least 50 miles from home over the long holiday weekend, according to the motoring organization AAA .
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Jean Couey, left, crosses a train track with her great grandson Kymani, 4, as they arrive off an Amtrak train from Pickens, S.C., to spend Thanksgiving with Couey's niece in Conyers, Ga., Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, in Atlanta. It was the first train ride for them both. An estimated 46.9 million Americans are expected to take a car, plane, bus or train at least 50 miles from home over the long holiday weekend, according to the motoring organization AAA. That would be an increase of more than 300,000 people over last year, and the most travelers since 2007.
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Luggage sits on a cart off an Amtrak train after it arrived from New York ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, in Atlanta. An estimated 46.9 million Americans are expected to take a car, plane, bus or train at least 50 miles from home over the long holiday weekend, according to the motoring organization AAA. That would be an increase of more than 300,000 people over last year, and the most travelers since 2007.
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A billboard with an image of Santa Claus stands above a departing Amtrak train as conductor Celeste Badger checks her watch Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, in Atlanta. An estimated 46.9 million Americans are expected to take a car, plane, bus or train at least 50 miles from home over the long Thanksgiving weekend, according to the motoring organization AAA. That would be an increase of more than 300,000 people over last year, and the most travelers since 2007.
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