Hundreds of women from a sorority targeted by a serial rapist gathered Saturday for the Fort Worth chapter's Annual Sisterhood Luncheon, despite their fears.

Delta Sigma Thetas met in a relatively public place -- Radisson Hotel-Fossil Creek in Fort Worth -- while the attacker is still on the loose.

"I'm heartbroken about what's happened. And at the same time, I feel empowered," said keynote speaker Julianne Malveaux, who urged her sorority to match the $5,000 Crime Stoppers reward to find the man caught on surveillance video.

Police said he's been raping black women in their 50s and 60s who are members of Delta Sigma Theta.

"This situation, of course, is alarming," said Malveaux.

! In a van full of other passengers, there was nothing to do but sit and cross our fingers. The trip was an hour in the wrong direction.

As it always does, things worked out and we got there in time. Barely.

There was another farce at the airport when we found out our Cairo flight is sometimes run by Turkish Airlines and sometimes by Egypt Airlines, without any real pattern. Running around the airport trying to track down the right check-in counter was pretty funny.

We were very glad to see Turkish Airlines in charge today. I do not know how they manage to do it, but the food they serve has been at least very good and sometimes excellent. Tom ordered swordfish that was properly  cooked and my mushroom ravioli had a flourish of black chanterelles. Then there was the creamy baked rice pudding that was better than any rice pudding we’ve ever had on the ground.

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