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I thought it was funny in the Tom Hanks movie "Splash", how his character takes a cab from New York City to Cape Cod one evening...but this is a real long cab ride! It took place 60 years ago...wow.

 

 

A marathon fare

Sixty years later, a Detroit Lakes cabdriver recalled his roundabout trip to and from Los Angeles.

Star Tribune - Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN

 

On Aug. 22, 1946, Detroit Lakes cabdriver Swen Johanson picked up a woman and her two kids who wanted to take a taxi home from their summer vacation at an area lake.

 

Home was Los Angeles.

 

To read the complete article, click here: A marathon fare

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