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Stranded in Buffalo, Korean tourists find a delicious solution

During a deadly blizzard last month in Buffalo, a group of Korean visitors were trapped outdoors. A few of them sought refuge at the home of a couple who loves Korean cuisine — so they began cooking.

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NY couple invites group of stranded S. Korean tourists into their home during Christmas weekend

A couple living in Buffalo, New York, welcomed a South Korean tour group to their home during an intense blizzard.

On Friday at around 2 p.m., Alexander and Andrea Campagna reportedly heard knocking on their front door. It turned out that a van got stuck in the snow nearby, and its driver and nine passengers, who were traveling to Niagara Falls from Washington, D.C., planned on digging their van out.

Two of the tourists approached the Campagnas to ask for shovels. Soon after, however, all nine tourists and their driver found themselves in the couple’s home in suburban Williamsville and were invited to stay there until the storm cleared.

“2pm frantic knock on the door today during the worst blizzard I've experienced, was from a Korean tour-group of ten en route from DC to Niagara Falls, whose bus got stuck and remains stuck in front of our house. A Festivus surprise for all," Alexander wrote in a Facebook post on Friday.

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The tourists and their driver were provided with couches, sleeping bags, air mattresses and a guest bedroom, Alexander told the New York Times they spent the weekend watching NFL games, sharing stories and cooking Korean food together.

Yoseb Choi, one of the tourists, was reportedly visiting the U.S. with his wife on their honeymoon. He told the New York Times that their van getting stuck near the Campagnas’ home was “kind of like fate.” He also said that his unexpected hosts were “the kindest people I have ever met.”

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10 South Korean tourists were stranded in a blizzard near Buffalo. They spent 2 nights in a stranger's home, cooking and watching football.

A van carrying 10 tourists got stuck in the snow near Buffalo, New York, on Friday.

One couple who lived nearby welcomed the stranded group — they stayed for two nights.

The visitors, who were mostly from South Korea, passed time by cooking meals with their hosts.

When their van got stuck in the snow in Williamsville, New York, on Friday, a South Korean tour group found refuge with a good Samaritan who sheltered them through the blizzard.

The group of 10 travelers — which included nine tourists from South Korea — were making their way to Niagara Falls from Washington, DC, when they found themselves in the middle of a blizzard. Two men in the group decided to knock on a door to ask for shovels to try to get their van out of a ditch.

They ended up with a place to stay until they could be picked up on Sunday after the storm cleared, The New York Times reported .

Alex Campagna, a dentist, said on Facebook that at about 2 p.m. on Friday, during "the worst blizzard I've experienced," he heard a "frantic knock on the door."

Campagna and his wife ended up inviting the 10 people in, putting them up on couches, in sleeping bags, on an air mattress, and in a spare bedroom, The Times reported. Campagna told the newspaper he didn't want to let the group back out on the roads, adding that he knew, "as a Buffalonian, this is on another level, the Darth Vader of storms."

Choi Yoseob, a member of the tour group that Campagna hosted, told The Times it was "kind of like fate" that they'd ended up at the home of a hospitable family with a full pantry.

"We have enjoyed this so much," Choi said, describing the experience as unforgettable and a "unique blessing."

The group spent Friday and Saturday swapping stories and cooking with their hosts. The Times report said they watched an NFL game on Christmas Eve and made several Korean meals, adding that Campagna and his wife are fans of Korean food themselves and had ingredients needed to make jeyuk bokkeum, stir-fried pork, and dakdori tang, a spicy chicken stew.

If the travelers had stayed for Christmas dinner on Sunday, the group likely would have made bulgogi, the report said.

Drivers picked up the tourists on Sunday when roads were cleared and brought them back to New York City, the report said. Choi said he and his wife planned to stay for New Year's Eve. The others are scheduled to fly back to South Korea this week.

Choi and Campagna did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.

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A New York couple who sheltered 10 South Korean tourists from a blizzard got a 10-day, all-expenses paid tour of Seoul as a reward

• A couple from Buffalo were rewarded by South Korea for taking in Korean tourists during a blizzard.
• They received a 10-day, all-expenses paid tour in Seoul from the Korean Tourism Organization.
• There, they were hosted at the Four Seasons, ate four-course meals, and reunited with the tourists.

A New York couple who gave South Korean tourists a safe place to stay during a blizzard was rewarded richly — with a 10-day, all-expenses-paid tour of Seoul.

Alexander and Andrea Campagna arrived in the city on May 13 at the invitation of the  Korea Tourism Organization,  per the agency.

Treated like heroes by the local government, they lunched with tourism officials, were hosted at the Four Seasons, brought to restaurants on the Michelin guide, visited the capital's landmarks, toured the Demilitarized Zone, and showed around a Buddhist temple,  according to The New York Times.

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They also reunited with six of the tourists they invited into their Buffalo home more than five months ago — when a freak snowstorm in December stranded the South Korean group on their way to Niagra Falls.

Sharing a four-course meal with beef stew and chocolate éclairs in Seoul on Thursday, they recalled their time hiding away from the blizzard,  The Times wrote.

The tourists and their guide had knocked on the Campagnas' door, hoping to get shovels to dig their van out of a ditch.

But seeing the severity of the storm, the New York couple instead took the group in. For the next two days, the tourists  watched football and cooked meals with the Campagnas , sleeping on their couch, an air mattress, sleeping bags, and in the guest room.

The fierce weather eventually subsided on Christmas day, and drivers came to pick up the tourists.

"They endured the horrible storm with us," Andrea Campagna told  The Korea Herald . "When you spend time together in a disaster situation, you feel very bonded."

Scott Park, one of the tourists, told The Herald that the Campagnas made their guests feel right at home. "After our memorable time together, I thought I should do good deeds for others too," he said.

As word spread of their generosity, the Campagnas received well-wishes on social media, cards in the mail, and gifts from Korean groups —  like a year's supply of free fried chicken from a Korean barbecue franchise.

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A South Korean tour group’s van became stuck in the snow outside a house in Williamsville, N.Y. They spent the weekend with the residents — who luckily had a well-stocked kitchen.

By Christine Chung

Alexander Campagna and his wife, Andrea, lifelong residents of Buffalo, were ready to wait the blizzard out. They had stocked the fridge and planned for a quiet holiday weekend indoors at their home in suburban Williamsville, N.Y., as long as the power stayed on.

Then, on Friday at 2 p.m., with the storm already swirling and snow rapidly piling up, making roads impassable, there was a knock at the door. Two men, part of a group of nine tourists from South Korea that was traveling to Niagara Falls, asked for shovels to dig their passenger van out of a ditch.

And so an unlikely holiday weekend began, with the Campagnas welcoming the travelers, along with their driver, as house guests. They became “accidental innkeepers,” said Mr. Campagna, a 40-year-old dentist.

Before leaving on Friday morning from Washington, D.C., the tour participants, most of them from Seoul, seemed unaware of the worrisome forecast, said Yoseb Choi, 27, who is from Pyeongtaek. He was traveling with his wife, Claire, on the tour, which they had booked for their honeymoon.

A day earlier, he had grown concerned after receiving messages from friends alerting him to the coming storm. On Friday, the van ride was slippery and windy, and the passengers had become anxious, he said.

Then, after hours of watching the weather deteriorate outside the van’s windows, they ended up stranded near the Campagna house, Mr. Choi said.

The Campagnas, well aware of the dangers the storm presented, immediately invited the travelers in, “knowing, as a Buffalonian, this is on another level, the Darth Vader of storms,” Mr. Campagna said.

The visitors — seven women and three men — filled the three-bedroom house, sleeping on couches, sleeping bags, an air mattress and in the home’s guest bedroom. The other travelers included parents with their daughter, an Indiana college student, and two college-age friends from Seoul. Three of them spoke English proficiently.

They spent the weekend swapping stories, watching the Buffalo Bills defeat the Chicago Bears on Christmas Eve and sharing delicious Korean home-cooked meals prepared by the guests, like jeyuk bokkeum , a spicy stir-fried pork dish, and dakdori tang , a chicken stew laced with fiery red pepper. To the surprise and glee of the Korean guests, Mr. Campagna and his wife, who are both fans of Korean food, had all the necessary condiments on hand: mirin, soy sauce, Korean red pepper paste, sesame oil and chili flakes. There was also kimchi and a rice cooker.

“It was kind of like fate,” Mr. Choi said, remarking on the luck of arriving at the Campagnas’ doorstep with their fully stocked kitchen and unhesitating hospitality. He said the hosts were “the kindest people I have ever met.”

One of the guests, the mother of the Indiana college student, was a fabulous cook, he said.

“We destroyed so much food,” he added.

Mr. Campagna said that the unexpected guests had been a delight.

“We have enjoyed this so much,” he said, calling it a “unique blessing,” and adding that the experience has inspired the couple to plan a visit to South Korea. “We will never forget this.”

Mr. Choi said he had spent some of his high school years learning English in Michigan and Kansas, but his wife had never been to the United States, so the tour was a chance to travel to several cities she was eager to see. The plan had been to visit New York City, Washington, Niagara Falls and Montreal.

After landing in New York City on Dec. 21 for the tour, which was operated by a South Korean company called Yellow Balloon , they visited the Empire State Building and the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, took the ferry to the Statue of Liberty, browsed the Museum of Modern Art and checked out the Oculus at the World Trade Center, all in one day. In Washington, they visited the White House, the Lincoln Memorial and one of the Smithsonian museums.

“We were tired, but it was exciting,” Mr. Choi said. Even the unexpected snow disaster contributed to the experience, he said, allowing the couple to experience a “warm welcome from real Americans.”

“We are happy and luckily and gracefully having a great Christmas with Andrea and Alex,” Mr. Choi said.

On Sunday, the snow was winding down and the road was plowed, but the van remained stuck. Drivers arrived to pick up the tourists, who were returning to New York City, where most of them will fly back to South Korea in the middle of the week. Mr. Choi said he and his wife will stay a bit longer to celebrate New Year’s Day in Times Square.

Had they been stranded for another night, they had been thinking bulgogi — Korean grilled beef — for Christmas dinner.

Jack Begg contributed research.

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There's been a lot of depressing and sad news this weekend due to the blizzard in Buffalo, but this story is heart warming! A tour bus carrying 10 tourists, most from South Korea, who were headed to Niagara Falls, ended up getting stuck in snow during the blizzard. Imagine being from a different country, coming to see Niagara Falls, but instead, seeing snow, ice, and whiteout conditions. As much as the tourists were surprised by the situation they found themselves in, a Williamsville couple was just as surprised by the unexpected house guests they were about to have. Alexander Campagna, a dentist, shared a photo of what became maybe the most interesting blizzard holiday dinner ever in WNY,

2pm frantic knock on the door today during the worst blizzard i've experienced, was from a Korean tour-group of ten en route from DC to Niagara Falls, whose bus got stuck and remains stuck in front of our house. A Festivus surprise for all:

According to the New York Times , the seven women and three men, somehow fit into Campagna's three-bedroom house. The tourists included a couple from South Korea, who recently married and were on their honeymoon, two friends from Seoul, a college student from Indiana, and parents with their daughter.

To pass the time during the brutal blizzard, they watched the Buffalo Bills beat down the Chicago Bears. They also enjoyed a Korean dinner cooked by their guests. Campagna and his wife enjoy Korean food, so they had plenty of ingredients at their home. Replying to comments on his Facebook page, Campagna wrote,

the one lady made use of a bunch of our defrosted chicken, korean spices/sauces, rice, and made a FEAST! They made use of ingredients we had: chicken, gochugaru, kimchi, green onions, soy sauce, mirin, rice wine vinegar, sugar.... made some amazing dish served with rice! annnnnnd there was the ramyum.

This is such a great story. Campagna, his wife, and the tourists had a once-in-a-lifetime experience during a historic blizzard. They will remember those moments for the rest of their lives!

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The visitors from South Korea were part of a group headed to Niagara Falls, but Mother Nature put a pause on their trip when the group’s van became stuck in the snow outside the home of Alexander and Andrea Campagna.

The couple had stocked their fridge, preparing to be snowed in, and planned on spending the holiday weekend inside their cozy Williamsville, N.Y., house, about 19 kilometres east of Buffalo, the New York Times reported.

It was on Friday afternoon when they heard a knock on their door.

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On the other side were two men, part of a group of nine tourists, asking for shovels to dig the large passenger van out of a ditch, according to the paper.

The Campagnas who — unlike the group from South Korea, travelling from Washington, D.C. — knew what would happen if the van continued on their way. They invited the travellers inside, and became “accidental innkeepers,” Alexander Campagna told the paper. He knew, “as a Buffalonian, this is on another level, the Darth Vader of storms.”

CITY OF GOOD NEIGHBORS: A local nurse practitioner and dentist Alex and Andrea Campagna received a frantic knock on... Posted by Sweet Buffalo on  Saturday, December 24, 2022

The seven women and three men – including the driver – slept on couches, sleeping bags, an air mattress and in the couple’s guest bedroom.

According to the Times, three of them spoke English.

Over the course of the weekend, they watched the Bills beat the Bears on Christmas Eve, and the guests prepared classic home-cooked dishes for everyone – and it’s a good thing the Campagnas love Korean food because they had all the necessary ingredients.

“It was kind of like fate,” said Yoseb Choi, who was on his honeymoon with his wife, Claire, adding that their hosts were “the kindest people I have ever met.”

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I absolutely love when people are kind to one another. It really doesn’t cost anything to be nice to your fellow human, and it makes the world a better place in return.

It was through an act of kindness that a New York couple ended up with a slew of new friends.

Last Christmas, the couple ended up providing shelter to a group of stranded Korean tourists during a snowstorm. And recently, they were able to reunite with their friends.

It all started back on December 23, 2022. Alexander Campagna shared on Facebook that there was a bus full of 10 Korean tourists that ended up getting stuck in a snowbank near the city of Buffalo, New York. Needing help to dig themselves out, two of the men in the tour group went around door to door asking to borrow shovels.

However, when they got to Alexander and Andrea Campagna’s home, they were offered shelter until the blizzard passed. From there, they made new friends with the group of 10.

According to the New York Times , that friendship continued well into 2023, and in May, the Campagnas couple were invited on a 10-day tour of South Korea by the Korea Tourism Organization. Given that they were in Korea, they were able to see their friends.

The New York Times reported that Andrea Campagna said of the experience, “To see everyone in Korea again is such a blessing. They ended up in the right place at the right time. Now we have people we can call friends for a lifetime.”

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by David Burger

January 17, 2023

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IHS dentist rescues South Korean tourists stranded during 'blizzard of the century'

‘my experience as a dentist has taught me that patience, empathy and good humor can all work harmoniously to calm anxious people’.

Several years ago, Alexander Campagna, D.D.S., found himself snowed in at his apartment for four days with a dwindling food supply.  

Since then, he has made sure that his fridge and pantry are always well-stocked in the winter months.

His shopping habits came in handy this past December —on Christmas weekend, no less — as he and his wife, Andrea, welcomed a group of 10 stranded South Korean tourists into their home. 

The tourists’ bus became stuck in the snow across the street from Dr. Campagna’s house, and he opened his home for two days until the tourists could continue on their scheduled trip to Niagara Falls.

It was a dark and snowy afternoon when the surprise visit began.

“I have lived in western New York since 1995, and this was the worst snowstorm I have ever experienced,” Dr. Campagna said. “The blizzard wreaked havoc on Buffalo for nearly 48 hours straight, bringing not just many feet of snow and freezing temperatures, but also relentless wind and near-zero visibility.”

The tourists were stranded in what New York Gov. Kathy Hochul described as “the blizzard of the century" - a storm that killed at least 28 people in western New York’s Erie and Niagara counties, The Buffalo News reported .

People who died in the surrounding Buffalo area were discovered in snow banks and inside vehicles, The Associated Press reported , as snowfall totals reached more than 49 inches at Buffalo Niagara International Airport.

Dr. Campagna, a general dentist in the Seneca Nation Health System since 2011, and Andrea, a surgical nurse practitioner, were hunkered down and cozy inside their home as the blizzard began on a Friday afternoon two days before Christmas.

At 2 p.m., they heard a knock on their door.

Two men, covered from head to toe in snow, asked for shovels to dig out their vehicle that had become stuck in front of the Campagnas’ home. 

The men told Dr. Campagna that they were a part of a 10-member, South Korean tour group en route to Niagara Falls.  

“I realized they were in danger simply being outside in the elements, so I instructed the two men to bring the entire tour group inside of the house,” Dr. Campagna said.

The group was understandably shaken and nervous in their new surroundings, Dr. Campagna observed.  

But he knew what to do.

“My experience as a dentist has taught me that patience, empathy and good humor can all work harmoniously to calm anxious people and make them feel comfortable in an otherwise novel situation,” he said.  “My wife, Andrea, has the most compassionate heart and a wonderful bedside manner.”

Once they confirmed everyone was safe, and that there were no immediate medical emergencies, the Campagnas brought out extra dining chairs, set out refreshments and Christmas cookies, and encouraged the group to sit around the dining table to have a snack and catch their breath.  

While Mrs. Campagna attended to their basic needs, including providing sweaters, blankets and dry socks, it became clear to all that the house would also be home to these travelers for at least one night.

But as the blizzard continued outside and the streets remained impassible, it ended up being two nights.

This is where Dr. Campagna’s habit of stocking up in the winter months came of use. 

“It was serendipitous that these Korean tourists ended up in our home, as my wife and I proactively had the food to accommodate friends and family for the holiday season,” he said.

Fortunately for the tourists, the Campagnas had Korean food in the cupboard.

“Korean culture and cuisine are international favorites enjoyed by my wife Andrea and me, so we own many staple ingredients of their dishes,” he said. “Our first date was at a Korean restaurant in Buffalo, and in addition to the food, we have Korean American friends from our respective graduate schools that introduced us to all things Korean.”

While the language barrier was a bit challenging, the guests and hosts bonded over meals prepared by two of the guests — a Korean mom and dad, traveling with their college-aged daughter.

“We had plenty of chicken, pork, and rice to share, along with the aforementioned special sauces and spices my wife and I have collected over time,” Dr. Campagna said. “A young couple was actually celebrating their honeymoon on this trip, so we surprised them with a toast of champagne on their first dinner together as a group.”

The Campagnas and tourists also bonded over sports, with Dr. Campagna pointing out that now that the World Cup in Qatar had concluded, the guests should shift their focus to American football and the Buffalo Bills.

Coincidentally, the Bills had a game on Saturday afternoon, so it provided convenient entertainment on TV as the Buffalo area continued to be mired in blizzard conditions. 

It wasn't until nearly noon on Christmas Day that massive industrial-sized plows and trucks started to efficiently clear the road in front of the house.  

“Everyone cheered at the sound of the first plow making its way down our street, like Santa's sleigh coming to deliver Christmas cheer,” Dr. Campagna said. 

All of the guests safely departed the home by Sunday night, certainly making it the most unique Christmas the Campagnas and their new international friends had ever experienced.

It is no wonder that Buffalo is known as the City of Good Neighbors.

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South Korean Tourists Trapped In Buffalo Blizzard Find Safety In Stranger’s Home

A South Korean tour group, which was headed for Niagara Falls, found their van stuck in the snow outside Buffalo, New York. Two members of the group knocked on the door of a nearby house and asked for shovels.

When homeowners Alexander Campagna heard a knock on his door while the storm was raging outside, he thought it might be a neighbor or his father-in-law who lives close to his home. But instead, he found the tourists standing on his steps.  

“I thought ‘Oh, no. This could be very serious and deadly,'” Campagna said. So, he and his wife Andrea invited the 10-person group to wait out the storm in their home, communicating with three members of the group who spoke English, he said. 

Alexander and his wife, Andrea, invited the nine travelers and their tour van driver into their home; the group stayed there over the weekend, departing Sunday. 

“It was kind of like fate,” said Pyeongtaek resident Yoseb Choi, who was with his wife, Claire, on the tour, and describing the Campagna’s as “the kindest people I have ever met”. 

“I think early on, when our guests entered our house, there was the belief that maybe this storm was about to blow over and they would just jump back in their vehicle and get on their way towards Niagara Falls — which is, in the best weather, about a 30-minute drive from our home,” he said. “With the blizzard, it may as well have been in another galaxy.” 

Once the reality of their situation began to set in, Campagna went digging in the freezer for anything that might be able to keep the small crowd fed. Soon, the couple’s stock of frozen chicken and pork shoulder was used. 

“We had a couple of natural-born cooks in the group who were happy to prepare some exquisite Korean entrees,” he said. 

Andrea said that they “absolutely” plan to stay in touch with their guests. 

“Several of the guests said that we’re more than welcome to come to visit them. And we may take them up on that offer. We really connected with them. They became like family to us,” she said. 

While the couple was grateful for the company of their guests, Andrea added that they are also appreciative of the volunteers and emergency and rescue personnel “that spent day and night taking care of people trapped in their vehicles in the freezing cold.” 

“Those are the real heroes in this blizzard of Buffalo, demonstrating why Buffalo is called the city of good neighbors,” she said. 

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