Passengers Walk to O'Hare Airport as Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Block Access Road

Passengers traveling to Chicago O’Hare International Airport were forced to abandon vehicles and walk to the airport, after pro-Palestinian protesters blocked an access road on April 15.

Police were on the scene to help clear traffic, after demonstrators blocked several lanes of Interstate 190 leading to O’Hare Airport, traffic monitor Total Traffic reported.

Videos captured by Alan Galindo on Monday morning show dozens of passengers on foot, rolling their luggage along the road to the terminals.

O’Hare warned travelers that vehicular traffic along I-190 to the airport may be “substantially delayed” and urged them to consider alternative routes.

Activist group Chicago Dissenters shared videos to Instagram showing demonstrators blocking the roadway, writing “when millions are paying taxes which fund the ongoing US and Israeli bombardment of Gaza, protesters seek to take dramatic action.” Credit: Alan Galindo via Storyful

Video transcript

- I can't-- I can't tell. I can see a lot of people over there [INAUDIBLE].

- But I see one singular person--

- There's a lot of people walking right now.

- I think I see you at the gate. And you have a backpack. Is it gray? She's number 100.

[LAUGHTER]

Come on Nicky. Get your hot chocolate, Nicky.

[LAUGHTER]

- Come on.

- I see her. I see her. Come on, Nicky. Run your stuff.

- We're going to shout out [INAUDIBLE].

- Come on, Nicky.

- Woo.

- Woohoo.

- Uh-oh. You made it?

- Look, she made it.

- She made it. She's here. Yeah.

- So intense.

- I can't-- I can't tell. I can see a lot of people over there [INAUDIBLE]. And I see one singular--

- There's a lot of people walking right now.

- I think I see you, Nicky. And you have a backpack. Is it gray? She's number 100.

[LAUGHTER]

Come on, Nicky. Get your hot chocolate, Nicky.

- Come on.

- I see her. I see her. Come on, Nicky. Run your stuff.

- We're going to shout out [INAUDIBLE].

- Come on, Nicky.

- Woo.

- Woohoo.

- Uh-oh. You made it?

- Look, she made it.

- She made it. She's here. Yeah.

- So intense.