The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
ISBN:
9780606314138 (060631413X)
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Pages no: 244
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Travel,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
History,
Academic,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Read For School,
Adult,
Inspirational,
Canada
When thirty-eight jetliners bound for the United States were forced to land in Gander, Newfoundland, on September 11, 2001, due to the closing of United States airspace, the citizens of this small community and surrounding towns were called upon to care for the thousands of distraught travelers. ...
Words are failing me. Everything I come up with seems inadequate to describe the events of this book and it occurs to me that if I'm finding words inadequate after experiencing this third-hand, I'd have had a nervous breakdown trying to thank anyone who was as kind and generous to me as the people ...
9 years ago
9 years ago
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