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Papal ticket holders scalping seats on Craigslist
Sep 9, 2015, 7:31am EDT
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Bobby Allyn
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Some of the 10,000 tickets to hear Pope Francis' speech at Independence Hall showed up on… more
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The thousands of get-'em-while-they-last tickets to see Pope Francis' speech on immigration and religious freedom at Independence Mall didn't last very long.
Just ask Emilie Haertsch of Cheltenham. She dedicated her lunch break at her communications job to securing four spots in the crowd, the maximum allowed per person.
At noon, when tickets were released, she tried, and was told: "Just hold tight, she said. "After maybe 30 seconds or so, I was told the tickets were unavailable."