This is the true story of neighbors being neighborly, going above and beyond, and proving there is still goodness in the world.

Stuck in Gander, Newfoundland On September 11, 2001, seven thousand passengers were stranded in the tiny town. September 11th and the Hospitable People of Gander, Newfoundland.

9/11 attacks in U.S. remembered with ceremonies, appeals to 'never forget' The Plane People of September 11 Gander's Ripple Effect: How a Newfoundland town's kindness made it … September 10, 2018.

On the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a new Canadian TV documentary focuses on the extraordinary ingenuity of air traffic controllers in Gander, N.L… Irene and David like to quote the Mayor of Gander, Claude Elliott, who didn’t go home for five days after 9/11. The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede tells the story of how a town of 10,000 Canadians rallied around more than 6000 strangers whose flights were redirected to their town when airspace closed over America on Sept. 11, 2001. Gander is holding an Ecumenical Service at the Steele Community Centre and a presentation of World Trade Center steel by Tunnel to Towers to commemorate the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. Gander ended up receiving 38 flights in the wake of the September 11th attacks, second only to Halifax’s 47 diverted flights. BY Ethan Trex. By Shawn from Airdrie, Canada - Gander, Newfoundland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. Landing all the planes in Gander was easy. When the United States shut down its airspace, tiny Gander International Airport in Newfoundland opened its runways, taking in 38 wide-body planes on transatlantic routes. Gander is holding an Ecumenical Service at the Steele Community Centre and a presentation of World Trade Center steel by Tunnel to Towers to commemorate the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.