Jesus Dude!!! Sorry to hear that. NY or Jersey is THE LAST PLACE I would want to get stuck at AGAIN!!
I got stuck in Spartenburg/Greenville the last time I was there for training. Flight delayed from Cleveland to Spartenburg due to snow in Ohio. Spent xtra night in Spartenburg. Up at 4am to catch a flight. Flight I got went to Jersey which took almost 4 hours from Spartenburg. Flight out of Jersey was delayed 5 times while waiting for it. The last time I went to boarding because if I wasnt going to get my flight out of Jersey on time I would miss flight in Houston. Lady started banging on keyboard and put me on the one that was about to leave then. Opened all the doors back up so I could get on it. Got all seated and pulled out on tarmac and the pilot shut the engines off. And we sat there for an hour and a half. My original delayed flight got to Houston 10 mins before I did. Luckily, my connection was delayed even though I had to OJ Simpson through the Houston airport. Which is NO easy task due to you have to ride monorail from one gate to other in some situations 🥵🤣