My Ann Curry story

Actually, it's not my story, really, but we'll share it anyway. Plus 7 other ...

Ann Curry is in the news again, after she talked with Elle magazine about her her “brief, awkward year” as the cohost of NBC’s Today Show, next to Matt Lauer.

Maybe you remember this: Curry was released from that prestige assignment in 2012, supposedly because she didn’t get along with Lauer.

(Of course later, after the circumstances under which Lauer was shown the door himself, not getting along with him sounded more like of a badge of honor.)

As it happens, I have an Ann Curry story of my own. Actually, it’s my sister’s story.

It’s very simple. As my sister told it to me once, it’s about how she and her husband and their son (my nephew) were on the same plane as Curry and her husband — I’m guessing back in maybe 2008 or 2010 at the latest?

They were flying from Lima, Peru to Miami. My nephew is taller than me now, but back then he was little, and you can imagine the experience, flying internationally with little kids.

You’re trudging down the aisle, struggling with the immense packload…