You stand at the airport baggage carousel waiting for your checked luggage. Folks around you grab their bags and disappear. After a while, you realize your bag is lost. It’s one of the worst headaches of air travel. And this summer, due mostly to airline staffing shortages, it’s wrecking an increasing number of vacations. The vast majority of lost luggage is found and returned to its owners within 24 hours, according to the airline industry. But that’s not what happened to Ed Mangiaratti and Donna Roy-Mangiaratti of Methuen. Their experience was more than a headache. It felt like an interminable nightmare. Click the link in our bio to read the full story. 📸: Pat Greenhouse