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All Drivers Rescued From Interstate 95 After 27-Hour Blizzard Hellhole

After hundreds were stranded for more than 24 hours following a massive snowstorm, the Virginia Department of Transportation has finally given the all-clear.

The Virginia Department of Transportation confirmed on Tuesday evening that all drivers who were trapped on the Interstate 95 hellhole, some for more than 27 hours, had been rescued. A spokeswoman said all of the roughly 20 cars that remained on the road had been abandoned. Among those who escaped off the interstate over the course of the day was Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA). He was among thousands of drivers who became stuck on Monday after several accidents caused by a snowstorm caused a 40-mile stretch of highway in Virginia to become impassable. Though there were no immediate reports of serious injuries or death, trapped drivers began posting online about rapidly running out of food, fuel, and water. Crews began helping motorists off “at any available interchange” on Tuesday morning, the Virginia Department of Transportation said, though many exits remained blocked by trees and heavy snow. All Kaine ate in his 27 hours on the road was an orange given to him by another motorist, he told CNN. NBC News correspondent Josh Lederman, trapped in his own car, described it as “pretty insane and fairly dystopian.”