Any change of air and environment for a couple of hours would have worked wonders for me in this position. even being able to lie down on a wooden floor in a heated shed would have been preferable to 20 hours in an economy seat, then boarding another trans-continental flight. I'm literally horrified for the families with children.
But, there are security and safety concerns I know. I just hope the people making the decisions in this situation were as imaginative as possible.