re: Worst ground delay you've had when flying

Was flying out of Odessa/Midland to Birmingham (connection at DFW) on American in January of 2015. Flight was supposed to leave at 6:20 am, boarded at 5:50, the flight took off at 11:45.

It was cold, they needed a de-icing truck. Their truck broke down, they had to borrow one from Southwest. Southwest took care of their own planes first (understandably), warmed up to the point de-icing was no longer needed. Instead of making my 10:25 connector, I got to hang around DFW until 8:45 that night.