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Craig Baird
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This Is Canada: Gander on 9/11
On 9/11, the United States closed its airspace worried about further attacks. That closed airspace meant hundreds of planes and thousands of passengers had to find a new destination. Among them were 38 planes and 6,000 passengers who landed in the small Newfoundland community of Gander. Their story has become one of the happier stories from that dark day. ORDER MY FIRST HISTORY BOOK! CANADA'S MAIN STREET: https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/canadas-main-street/ Donate: buymeacoffee.com/craigu Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: https://canadaehx.com/shop/ Hello Fresh: HelloFresh.ca/CHEHX E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Threads: https://www.threads.net/@cdnhistoryehx Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Want to send me something? Craig Baird PO Box 2384 Stony Plain PO Main, Alberta T7Z1X8 *sources* The Day The World Came To Town by Jim DeFede 9/11 Memorial and Museum: https://www.911memorial.org/connect/blog/lend-hand-do-what-you-can-remembering-generosity-gander BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm27vpe7z7lo Global News: https://globalnews.ca/news/12054110/gander-nl-9-11-25th-anniversary/ CBC: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7331319 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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