After 9/11, Canada’s tiny town of Gander sheltered 7,000 Americans for days, providing food and refuge as 38 planes landed there following the attack
- Long before the trade tariffs, barriers and diplomatic tensions between the US and Canada, there was a time when thousands of Americans found unexpected refuge in a tiny Canadian town after 9/11.
- On September 11, 2001, residents of a small Canadian town thousands of miles from New York suddenly found themselves caring for thousands of strangers caught up in an unprecedented crisis.
- When the United States closed its airspace following the terrorist attacks, 38 passenger planes crossing the Atlantic were diverted to Gander in Newfoundland and Labrador.
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- Long before the trade tariffs, barriers and diplomatic tensions between the US and Canada, there was a time when thousands of Americans found unexpected refuge in a tiny Canadian town after 9/11.
- On September 11, 2001, residents of a small Canadian town thousands of miles from New York suddenly found themselves caring for thousands of strangers caught up in an unprecedented crisis.
- When the United States closed its airspace following the terrorist attacks, 38 passenger planes crossing the Atlantic were diverted to Gander in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Sources: Times of India