ATLANTA — Families gathered at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Monday to welcome home their loved ones who were stuck in Jamaica .

Sixteen men who were part of a mission trip to Jamaica returned after being stuck on the island following Hurricane Melissa. After several canceled flights they were able to make it back to Atlanta Monday with a connection in Nassau.

Dani Kwiatkowski eagerly awaited her husband Wayne’s return.

“When he texted me that he was on the plane in Nassau, I said my heart just skipped a beat,” she said.

She said the toughest part of him being in Jamaica during the hurricane was the impact it had on her children.

“She’s saying, 'Mommy, I don’t want to lose my daddy,' and hearing that from a 29-year-old it was breaking my heart,” Dani Kwiatkowski s

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