At about 9:30 p.m. Friday, the buses lurched to a stop at mile marker 133, and the group had to become comfortable for awhile — because there they stayed for the next 23 hours. More buses with others from across the country were stuck with them, including a group from Nebraska.<\/a><\/p>\nAn accident had stopped traffic up the road, Behm said, and in the hours it took to clear up, the snow rendered the buses immobile.<\/p>\n
Thankfully, the buses has toilets — until those filled up, Behm said.<\/p>\n
About half a mile down the road, a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation station was equipped with bathrooms and food. The students were able to make use of them — by walking there and back — as the hours wore on.<\/p>\n
As Saturday morning came, Behm said members of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis approached his group about performing Mass.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t even my idea, but I\u2019m the one blowing up on Twitter and Facebook now,\u201d Behm said with a laugh.<\/p>\n
Equipped with his travel Mass kit, an altar of snow was built as hundreds congregated outside in the cold.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just happened to be there, the wrong place at the right time,\u201d Behm said.<\/p>\n
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