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As they waited, Drazin noticed a family — two parents and two young kids — standing next to her. They looked like they had everything they needed, but they seemed to be waiting for something. Then she realized they were waiting for her.
"I surely did not want to ask anybody for help, nor did I want to accept their help," Drazin recalls thinking.
So when the mother offered to carry some of her things, Drazin declined.
"My first response was to say, 'No, no, no, no, I'm fine. I'm fine. I'm fine. I got this,'" Drazin said.
"And she looked at me with the most assertive, strong look on her face and said, 'If you tell me how you are going to get to the baggage carousel with two little kids, an infant, an infant car seat, a stroller, and a wheelie, then I will let you go. But until you tell me how you're going to do this, I'm helping you.'"