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Got to visit Gander, Canada this summer on vacation to Newfoundland.
Posted on 8/12/15 at 1:27 am
Posted on 8/12/15 at 1:27 am
Never been there before, but I had to shell out the money to take the detour from St. John's.
My parents spent a week or so there in 2001 when their plane from London was one of countless ordered down as soon as they reached North America, due to the 9/11 attacks.
Gander gained a small bit of long overdue recognition and gratitude during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics when the world turned back to Canada, a nation world famous for being friendly to a fault.
I sadly was unable to find the family that befriended my parents (both have since passed), to thank them, but, visiting the airport, I finally have an image to go with a phone call that is forever burned in my brain. "We're Okay, we're on the ground, we're in Canada and we're Okay."
My parents spent a week or so there in 2001 when their plane from London was one of countless ordered down as soon as they reached North America, due to the 9/11 attacks.
Gander gained a small bit of long overdue recognition and gratitude during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics when the world turned back to Canada, a nation world famous for being friendly to a fault.
I sadly was unable to find the family that befriended my parents (both have since passed), to thank them, but, visiting the airport, I finally have an image to go with a phone call that is forever burned in my brain. "We're Okay, we're on the ground, we're in Canada and we're Okay."
This post was edited on 8/12/15 at 1:28 am
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Posted on 8/12/15 at 4:17 am to Lordofwrath88
Sad you didn't get to meet the family that helped them. That would have been cool.
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