A Man Trying to Avoid Covid Lived at O’Hare for 3 Months
The Covid-19 pandemic significantly altered many people's daily lives. People have done everything—shelter in place, work from home, you name it. Many of us become much more comfortable in our own houses as a result of our phobia of leaving our homes. Aditya Singh, though, found that things didn't quite go his way. Singh stayed put throughout the height of the pandemic because he was so terrified of contracting the disease. But he was in Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.
Singh was able to remain largely unnoticed for three months in a gated area of the airport. He had taken a flight in October 2020, and it wasn't until the middle of January that he was discovered. With the help of a face mask, probably no one realized that he wasn't the man he was pretending to be as he was roaming around with a stolen security credential. He received nourishment while he was there from other travelers.
Singh had been studying for a master's degree in America and had no prior convictions. He was supposed to be going back to India when he was apprehended. He was only in the secure area because he had arrived there on his initial flight, and a judge found him not guilty of any felony charges in October 2021. He had only broken one rule—using an ID that wasn't his—because he was afraid to leave.
