Gander: This Canadian airport sheltered 7,000 people on 9/11
2021年9月6日 · Canada’s Gander International Airport in Newfoundland offered refuge to 7,000 displaced airplane passengers on 9/11 and inspired the hit musical “Come from Away.”
How Gander, Newfoundland Took In 6,500 People On 9/11
2022年11月24日 · When U.S. airspace closed after the terror attacks on September 11, 2001, Gander Airport in Newfoundland, Canada took in 38 planes and 6,500 stranded passengers.
N.L. famously embraced the world on 9/11. There's an untold ...
2021年9月10日 · Twenty years have passed since thousands of international travellers famously took refuge in Gander, Stephenville, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, St. John's and surrounding communities in Newfoundland...
On 9/11, how Gander, Newfoundland, welcomed 6,700 strangers
2017年9月8日 · Sixteen years ago, this small Canadian town on an island in the North Atlantic Ocean took in nearly 6,700 people – almost doubling its population – when the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks in New...
Operation Yellow Ribbon - Wikipedia
Gander International Airport in Newfoundland, Canada, played host to 38 airliners, totaling 6,122 passengers and 473 crew, as part of Operation Yellow Ribbon. Operation Yellow Ribbon (French: Opération ruban jaune) was commenced by Canada to handle the diversion of civilian airline flights in response to the September 11 attacks in 2001 in the ...
20 Years Later: The Little Town in Newfoundland That ... - Travel
2021年9月11日 · In the darkness of the Sept. 11 tragedies two decades ago, the Canadian community of Gander in Newfoundland opened its doors to about 7,000 stranded passengers.
“Lend a Hand, Do What You Can”: Remembering the Generosity of ...
On September 11, 2001, airline passenger Jacqueline Pinto was flying home to New York from a vacation in Italy. During the flight, she heard the pilot announce a delay in landing, but did not realize how serious the situation was until her plane landed a thousand miles away at Gander International Airport in Newfoundland, Canada.