The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede

The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland

Jim DeFede with Ray Porter (Narrator)

6 hours, 29 minutes first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Description

When 38 jetliners bound for the United States were forced to land at Gander International Airport in Canada by the closing of U.S. airspace on September 11, the population of this small town on Newfoundland Island swelled from 10,300 to nearly 17,...

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