Inside the chaotic morning Spirit workers learned they were out of a job: 'Take your uniform off'

A Spirit Airlines worker waits for passengers at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on March 10.

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• Spirit Airlines ceased operations on Saturday after 34 years.
• The collapse impacted about 17,000 employees.
• "This broke a lot of people's hearts," one former Spirit Airlines employee said.

Yeneshia Thomas was in her Central Florida home when she got a surprising email at about 12:30 a.m. on Saturday: Spirit Airlines was shutting down.