"They suggested Doha which was 100 miles. After a brief pause the UPS crew requested "Why not back to where we came from?"
Decades ago, I had a huge oil leak, at night, in a Cessna 310R climbing out of HPN for JFK. Called departure in a shaky voice--my first-ever emergency--and asked for vectors direct to JFK.
"Ah, yeah, we could do that," the bored controller said, "but why not go back to Westchester? It's just three miles behind you..."
Live and learn.