From: "John Beamish" 

Thank you, Wayback Machine:
http://web.archive.org/web/20021124013553/http://www.ohare.com/meigs/home.shtm

"Bill Lucy"  wrote in message
news:MPG.18f2d089eecd728598b4b3{at}news.barkto.com...
> Out of darkness, vwheeler says...
> >
http://www.aopa.org
> >
> >   "Sneaking in under the cover of darkness, city of Chicago
construction
> > crews began tearing up the runway at Meigs Field this morning at about
> > 1:30 a.m. There was no advance warning, not even to the FAA. Some 16
> > aircraft are stranded on the field. A city source told the Chicago media
> > that the "airport is closed for good" for
"homeland security reasons."
>
> And the web site (www.ohare.com/meigs/home.shtm) is a 404.

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