This Is Canada: Gander on 9/11
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On 9/11, the United States closed its airspace worried about further attacks. That closed airspace meant hundreds of planes and thousands of passengers had to find a new destination.
Among them were 38 planes and 6,000 passengers who landed in the small Newfoundland community of Gander.
Their story has become one of the happier stories from that dark day.
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*sources*
- The Day The World Came To Town by Jim DeFede
- 9/11 Memorial and Museum: https://www.911memorial.org/connect/blog/lend-hand-do-what-you-can-remembering-generosity-gander
- BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm27vpe7z7lo
- Global News: https://globalnews.ca/news/12054110/gander-nl-9-11-25th-anniversary/
- CBC: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7331319
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