template: ### Instruction: Rewrite this English sentence to give a better translation.
  
  ### English: I got stranded by US Air in Philadelphia instead of taking me all the way to Newark, and me and a dozen other people were trying to get cars late in the evening.
  ### English rewrite: I got stranded by US Air in Philadelphia instead of taking me all the way to Newark, and I was trying to get a car late in the evening.