Marrakesh Airport

We arrived at the airport well in advance of our noonish flight. After we all had our crotches grabbed in security we arrived at our gate to find that our plane had been delayed by 2 hours. No problem our connecting flight in London was not until early the next morning. We spent the last of our Moroccan money on some food and drink and waited the two hours until they announced that our plane was delayed another 2 hours. This repeated until 9pm at which time the board flipped and showed our flight as canceled. At this point we realized that we are unlikely to make our connecting flight in London. If we do not make it to London in time we will not make it to Chicago in time to meet our foreign exchange student and she will arrive in this country with no one to meet her at the airport and no one coming for who knows how many days?