Remembering 9/11: Canada’s Role and Operation Yellow Ribbon

The real-life Gander heroes who inspired ‘Come From Away’ look back 25 years later

Kindness, compassion are at the heart of Come From Away, which has helped catapult the town of Gander to international fame, with the musical now performed in countries around the world.

How 38 Diverted Planes on 9/11 Turned Gander, Newfoundland, Into a Symbol of Kindness

Internewscast Internewscast On September 11, 2001, Virgin Airlines Flight 75 set off from Manchester… This Post: How 38 Diverted Planes on 9/11 Turned Gander, Newfoundland, Into a Symbol of Kindness first appeared on Internewscast

Remembering 9/11: Canada’s Role and Operation Yellow Ribbon

Twenty-five years after 9/11, we remember the attacks and Canada’s response through NORAD, Operation Yellow Ribbon

Vancouver airport's 'Come From Away': How YVR welcomed 8,500 stranded by 9/11

In popular culture, Canada’s Operation Yellow Ribbon may be most closely associated with Gander, Nfld., where a town of about 10,000 people helped accommodate thousands of unexpected visitors after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Its airport received 38 diverted aircraft carrying nearly 7,000 people. Gander residents rallied to provide food, accommodation, and comfort to strangers whose journeys had been interrupted by an event that was…

The Unlikely Canadian Heroes of 9/11

Operation Yellow Ribbon was Canada’s response when U.S. airspace closed on 9/11. The “yellow ribbon” name came from the traditional symbol of welcoming people home or showing support during a crisis. When the United States closed its airspace on September 11, 2001, 38 planes carrying nearly 7,000 passengers and crew were diverted to Gander, Newfoundland, […] The post The Unlikely Canadian Heroes of 9/11 appeared first on The Eagle 106.9/107.5.

‘Total exhaustion’: How a Gander college campus jumped in to help plane passengers on 9/11

Gander is a tiny dot on the map of northeastern Newfoundland, some 335 kilometres from the provincial capital of St. John’s. But Canadians know it for its citizens’ famous acts of kindness and hospitality, caring for 6,700+ stranded airline strangers in the days after the 9/11 attacks. Twenty-five years ago, Mac Moss was one of […]