Four strangers clubbed together to drive over 1,000 miles through a snow storm to get home - after their flight got cancelled. <br /><br />Natalie Kulka, 23, wanted to get back for the holidays but her flight to Cleveland, Ohio from Tampa, Florida, USA was cancelled after a cyclone struck.<br /><br />Left with no other options Natalie turned around and joked if anyone else from the flight wanted to drive home with her. <br /><br />She recruited three strangers Sarah, Kevin and Nick and they flew to Nashville and then drove through lethal conditions to get to Ohio. <br /><br />They rented an SUV but were given a Toyota Carolla which wasn't suitable to drive through the ice and snow. <br /><br />They made it to Cincinnati, Ohio, 20 miles south of their final destination but then the only route heading north was closed off. <br /><br />Natalie said: "The entire road was an ice rink, there were so many accidents. <br /><br />"We had to go back the way we came and try another route in." <br /><br />The group made their way back the way they came but got stuck at the bottom of a road in Kentucky. <br /><br />"We had to get out and push the car back up the hill and help other people. <br /><br />"It was a relief when we finally got the car up." <br /><br />It was now 2am, and the new friends kept driving to make back to Cincinnati to take the 65 north bound highway to make it to Indianapolis, Indiana. <br /><br />"We had a system of driver and co-pilot whilst the other two slept. <br /><br />"The adrenaline got us through and we got to know each other along the way. <br /><br />"We were very wary that we didn't have suitable snow clothes and we had the approach to take it slow and steady. <br /><br />"Lots of people crashed and many people froze to death in their cars, it was terrible.” <br /><br />After what should have been an eight-hour car journey took 20 hours, they all arrived home safe and sound on 24 December. <br /><br />“We were so committed to getting there and we got to know each other on the journey. It was such a coincidence we were all in our twenties and we are hoping to all meet up again." <br /> <br />Break down of the journey <br /><br />9.45am - Flight from Tampa to Nashville <br /><br />2pm - They drove to Elizabethtown in a Toyota Carolla and managed to swap it for an SUV <br /><br />The group kept driving North through the storm but couldn’t get further than Cincinnati, Ohio <br /><br />1am - They had to re-route and find another way into Cleveland, they headed south towards Kentucky <br /><br />Despite petrifying conditions, they got back onto the 65 north highway and reached Kentucky <br /><br />They kept driving North and reached Indianapolis, Indiana and headed east <br /><br />10am - They finally made it home to Cleveland, Ohio just in time for Christmas
