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The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
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What a wonderful book that tells the story of the town of Gander, Newfoundland when over 30 planes were diverted to this remote area on 9/11. The book garners these stars not so much for the quality of the writing, but rather for the people and acts of humanity that town provided to over 6,000 passengers and crew that were forced to land there when US airspace was closed. We follow a few main passengers, a lot of the townfolk and a whole lot of compassion that this area of Canada was able to give (at no cost) to these unfortunate people whose lives were put on hold that day and for almost 6 days thereafter.
It is a quick read and I wish there was even a more recent update as to the people involved and the friendships that were made both among the passengers, as well as among those kind kind people of Newfoundland.
This is was humanity is all about, this is what makes us have faith in society. It is not governments or corporations, but rather the acts of kindness and love that were displayed at a time of great distress and how so few people could touch the lives of so very many passengers.
Great story and a definite read for all who want an uplifting book!
It is a quick read and I wish there was even a more recent update as to the people involved and the friendships that were made both among the passengers, as well as among those kind kind people of Newfoundland.
This is was humanity is all about, this is what makes us have faith in society. It is not governments or corporations, but rather the acts of kindness and love that were displayed at a time of great distress and how so few people could touch the lives of so very many passengers.
Great story and a definite read for all who want an uplifting book!
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Jul 13, 2017 02:53PM
Lovely, Blaine - your heartfelt review brought tears to my eyes.
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I hope you get a chance to read it.
Thank you for the reminder! I have added it now :)
If you want a more recent update, I highly encourage you to look up to the soundtrack to the broadway musical Come From Away, which covers this same story! It’s so amazing and they have real people from the event (not all of them are from this book either so you’ll get to learn about even more stories that came from this) as characters in the musical and I’ve seen such fascinating interviews of the writers and the actors talking about getting as many stories as they could in it and they really worked hard to to get all the facts as accurate as they could. The real people who they portray in it have also been involved and are good friends with the actors that play them now and it’s so amazing to see. 😊 You should look up the soundtrack and all the interviews of everyone you can! It’s SO inspiring and you won’t regret it!
I was fortunate enough to have seen the Broadway touring performance of Come From Away. Great, great, great!!
One of my favorites!
