“The first word would be shock and the second word would be catastrophic,“ Sejour told us. Sejour said he relied on his other restaurants to help keep the MIA eatery going, and he said the county forgave his rent. “One of the biggest helps that we did get was from the County Commissioners and the Aviation Department where... they tried to mitigate the impact that we had over here,” Sejour said. “The airport is the number one economic engine of this community,” said Miami International Airport Director Lester Sola. Sola told NBC 6 his plan was to help local vendors survive so passengers could find a meal and shop when they did come back.