Cab ride stretches 2,200 miles from Everett, Wash., to Milwaukee

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Monday, May 10, 2004 · Last updated 3:16 a.m. PT

Cab ride stretches 2,200 miles from Everett, Wash., to Milwaukee

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

EVERETT, Wash. -- What started out as just another early morning call turned out to be the start of an odyssey stretching about 2,300 miles to Milwaukee for taxi driver Mark Forbes.

It would have been a mere 1,900 miles but for a detour through Milwaukie, Ore., a Portland suburb.

"When I look back at it, it was one of those cab rides that you think about, but you never realize it's going to come true," Forbes told The Herald of Everett. "I think every cab driver has a once-in-a-lifetime trip."

The 62-year-old military veteran and former Colorado police officer was nearing the end of a 12-hour shift when he picked up two men at a Days Inn about 5:30 a.m. April 10. Neither had any luggage.

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...Is there a detailed description of these people?

I only know they're Indian. This kind of thing happens often enough....what come to mind is George Therogood's (spelling? did I spell his name right?) tour in a taxi cab.