The coronavirus has been a terrifying ordeal and many people out there just didn’t know how to cope. The illness is highly contagious, and those who suffer from certain pre-existing conditions may never recover from the deadly virus.
But is that enough for you to run away from life in exchange for living off of food scraps while hiding out in the deeper, darker parts of an airport?
For one man, the answer was yes.
A California man was arrested Saturday and accused of hiding in a restricted area of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport for three months. The man told police that COVID-19 had rendered him too scared to travel home to California, so he hid in the airport, surviving on food provided by strangers, The Associated Press reported.
United Airlines staff spotted 36-year-old Aditya Singh and requested identification. They said he removed his mask and presented a badge, which belonged to an airport operations manager who reported it missing last October, according to the Chicago Tribune.
The judge aimed to keep Singh as far away from the airport as possible.
Singh faces felony charges of criminal trespass in a restricted area of an airport as well as misdemeanor theft charges. Cook County Judge Susana Ortiz set bail at $1,000. She also said if he came up with the money, he would be prohibited from returning to the airport, AP reported.
Ortiz would go on to express her concerns about how easy it was for Singh to be able to evade the authorities in what many would consider being a secure location.
