So, despite incredible efforts by the Australian Embassy to get me an emergency passport in just 6 hours, I'd missed my flight.
Had the flight from DC landed just 10 minutes earlier or the bags come off the plan just 10 minutes faster or the BA staff stayed just 10 minutes longer, I would have made it.
If the 4.30pm flight hadn't been canceled, I easily would have made it.
Of course, if I hadn't have lost my passport in the first place, I would have made it.