Imagine opening your home for strangers to shower and relax, or providing hot meals, blankets, towels, pillows, sheets and much, much more for nearly 7,000 people landing in your backyard.
That's just what the people of Gander and its surrounding communites did for the passengers of 38 planes that were diverted from US airspace to this little island on September 11. While feelings of fear, confusion, anger and revenge were rife that day in the US, those in Gander experienced only goodness and kindness. A beautiful, life-affirming account that deserves a place along side the tragedy of that fateful day, as a reminder of good triumphant.
Now reading: Sara Nelson's So Many Books, So Little Time.
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