Lisbon Airport

Here's the explanation of the accident at the airport. I'll try my best to explain about the accident. Our program director, Estefi, told us about a moving ramp that went up to the second floor where our departures for the USA were. She finally said she couldn't put that word into English but we all thought she was describing an escalator. Believe me there is no word to describe this in any language. When we arrived at the airport she showed us where to go and then went to get the other group headed to Maderia for the post trip. There were posts about 3 feet tall with just enough room to squeeze your luggage through. Once through the posts there's a metal moving steep ramp to take you to the second floor. I got on with the carry on and after only a few feet felt the carry on roll backward. Bill was behind me with the 2 luggage bags. The next thing I knew Bill was flat out on the ramp and luggage and his hat were everywhere. I'm not sure what happened but somehow his shoelace got stuck in the metal moving grate and he couldn't get up. Everyone at the bottom was trying to find a stop alarm but couldn't find it. He ended up riding the ramp the whole way. As much as I don't want any grandchildren playing football, this is one time where football was good. Bill always said it taught him how to fall. The whole event scared the daylights out of me. He ended up with cuts on his arms but thankfully no broken bones. One of the travelers from the group was an EMT and tried to take care of him but said he didn't have any supplies. One of the police went to get the airport EMT person. While we were waiting for him to arrive, Estefi came running up to see what happened. One of our group had told her about the accident. The EMT person showed up and thankfully Estefi could speak Portugeese. Even with the excitement at the end, we had a wonderful trip. I'll post some photos when we get caught up.