Flight from Wilma guts tourism industry

BY bus and charter flights, thousands of tourists streamed out of this Caribbean resort city that was pounded by Hurricane Wilma, but thousands more remained stranded yesterday.

Clyde Wiseman, a petrochemical supervisor from Illinois, said he didn't know when he would be able to leave, but "I'm happy to be among the living".

"But to the travel agents, the airlines, I want to say, 'I don't want to be among the forgotten.'"