Caroline Stanbury says she 'feels safer' living in Dubai than in US

Caroline Stanbury plans to return to Dubai on March 15, saying flight availability — not fear — has kept her in Los Angeles. "I am on the first flight, which is the 15th," she said, explaining that while flights from the US reopened on the 7th, there were no direct flights from LA until the 15th.

She spoke from a friend's home in Los Angeles, where she is staying with her husband, Sergio Carrallo. Stanbury said she has been reassured knowing her twin sons are safe at home with their father, her ex-husband Cem Habib. The 49-year-old shares 16-year-old Zack and Aaron with Habib, and she said the teens have remained remarkably calm, telling her, "Mom, calm down.

We're fine, stay over there." She briefly weighed alternative routes home, noting she could reach Doha on another airline but that airspace there was closed, so she preferred to wait for her scheduled flight. "So I'd rather stay put and wait it out. It's only another week," she said.

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