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Longest cab ride ever
A New York cabbie got some unique recognition this week. The city's Taxi and Limousine Commission awarded Douglas Guldeniz the "Extra Mile Award." That's because he went thousands of extra miles for a couple in Queens. The Turkish immigrant drove Bob and Betty Matas to their new retirement home in Arizona last April. The idea came up when the couple joked they should cab it to Arizona since they never learned to drive. They negotiated a flat rate around $3,000. The metered rate would've been $5,000
Betty Matas died just a few months after making the trip. She was 75. The trio turned a lot of heads crossing almost a dozen states to make the 2,500 mile trip to Sedona in a yellow cab.
Posted by Melissa Kaplan on March 28, 2008 6:23 AM PT | Permalink
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