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Kaine said he's been talking with fellow lawmakers, friends and family via phone. By the end of the interview, Kaine said he just got back on a reopened portion of I, the road is clear and he's driving at 60 mph. ET and wanted to do something for the car stranded next to him. Gachet said the man and his mother in the car were very thankful. I saw you were sitting out here the whole time, as long as me, I was here since 1 a.

It was a really nice moment," Gachet said. He said he's never experienced a situation like this one. Gachet said he left Rhode Island around 5 p. ET yesterday and is en route to Georgia.

He is currently in Dale City, Virginia. As of p. ET, he is still stuck. Watch the video:. Around 4 a. ET Tuesday morning, it became clear to officials that the only way they would be able to remove stuck vehicles would be to shut down the interstate, Parker said.

There was up to four inches of ice under some vehicles, she added. Parker said they did not consider closing I prior to the storm. VDOT was prepared, but the snow was more than they anticipated and fell at a harder rate than expected, she said.

When more than an inch an hour falls, it's difficult to move their trucks around fast enough, she said. VDOT mobilized on Sunday to bring in and outfit equipment, with workers coming on duty at midnight working hour shifts, Parker said.

Roads were not pre-treated because the weather started with rain and it would have just washed the treatment away, Parker added. After the roads are cleared, Parker said they will look at what happened and make adjustments to future plans.

Corinne Geller, the public relations director for the Virginia State Police, said her agency started planning in anticipation of the winter storm by extending trooper shifts immediately.

VSP first got calls about a jackknifed tractor-trailer around a. ET on Monday, which caused a chain reaction of vehicles backing up on I, Geller said. There have been no reported crashes, just vehicles stuck or disabled, and no traffic deaths or injuries, Geller added. Isaac Arcos, a driver who was stuck in Virginia for at least 13 hours after snow caused a massive backup and closures on Interstate 95, said truck drivers were heroes to those stranded on the road.

Arcos was only about an hour away from his destination when he had to stop. He went on Twitter to try to find information and started messaging others in the same situation. He also said he got stuck on the side of the road for about 10 minutes, but two people helped him by getting out of their vehicles and pushing his car.

Arcos said he had to keep turning off his car to conserve gas and it was very hard to stay warm in below-freezing temperatures. He is now out of the traffic jam and was able to get gas. Susan Phalen and her four dogs left her house in Fredericksburg, Virginia, at 8 p. At a. A man a few cars behind her started his trip at a. For Phalen, what was supposed to only be an hour drive, turned into a more than nine hour journey for her.

Phalen joined CNN for an interview this morning and said that people stuck are "hitting the point of no return. See a video Phalen tweeted from the road:. Dewpoint Transparency.

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