Evening Book Discussion: The Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFede

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 17,000. The citizens of Gander met the stranded passengers with an overwhelming display of friendship and goodwill. (NonFic)

This is an incredible true story. It makes you cry and makes you want to go to Newfoundland and give all these people hugs.

 

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