NYC taxi driver takes 2 guys across the country

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City cab driver has racked up the fare of a lifetime.

Mohammed Alam is being paid $5,000 to drive a pair of friends to Los Angeles. The trio left Saturday night and had reached Las Vegas by Thursday.

Investment banker John Belitsky, of Leonia, N.J., tells the New York Post that the idea was hatched during a birthday celebration for Dan Wuebben of Queens.

Belitsky said they wanted to do something ?magical.? When they decided on a cab ride to California, they found Alam at LaGuardia Airport and brokered the deal.

The two friends haven?t decided how they?ll get back yet. As for the cab driver, he says a friend will meet him in Los Angeles and help him make the drive home.

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