Links We’ve Loved: The Post-9/11 Kindness of Gander, Newfoundland
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 09.11.09 | 9:39 AM ET
In the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks, several trans-Atlantic flights were diverted from their U.S. destinations to airports throughout Atlantic Canada. The hospitality and kindness of the town of Gander, Newfoundland, has become legendary. Here’s one story I loved, the Savvy Traveler’s 2001 tale of the passengers of Delta Flight 15 and the residents of Gander, who hosted them for “four long, yet special, days.”
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
Lola 09.11.09 | 11:54 AM ET
Check out this powerful essay - http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photo-essay/846-am-911-manhattan/