Travel Tribulations

Our trip began or almost not.
The first leg of our journey was Toronto to Detroit. The plane was delayed in Detroit. We were called to a service counter and told that this delay would mean our connections would be lost. The airline Northwest tried to find other flights for us, but accommodating a group of 7 proved to be difficult.
After trying to find flights we were informed that the plane had indeed left Detroit but the turn around time would still leave us missing our connecting flight. We chose to board the Detroit plane. The Toronto supervisor, Sharron, for Northwest boarded the plane when it landed in an attempt to aid in clean-up and get the plane off the ground and back to Detroit sooner. There was no guarantee that we would make our connecting flight, but at least we were closer than if we had remained in Toronto.
As when we landed in Detroit other passengers, having heard on board about our dilemma allowed us to leave the plane first.
That same Toronto Northwest supervisor, Sharon, had informed the people in Detroit of our plight. As we entered the terminal people pointed us quickly in the right direction and to our next plane. No sooner had we landed comfortably in our seats did the plane leave for Amsterdam.
The reminder of the journey was uneventful, barring the lost luggage. Yes, all of our luggage, six pieces in all, were not to be found at the airport in Kilimanjaro. Only one KLM flight lands daily at Kili airport. Four of our pieces arrived today. We hope to see the rest tomorrow.