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• I live near Houston and Diane and Nick came and talked at a meeting of a retirement group I belong to. There has been a musical made of their, and several other, stories.

• without diminishing the emotional, political, all those other factors, that was a logistical nightmare. covid has shown us probably a little more clearer picture, but everything about this was a flustercuck with respect to logistics. food, water, beds, washrooms/bathing, children needs, elderly needs, medical needs. any time and place where the population doubles in a little over a day is going to be a stressful situation to say the very least. now, add the human element and we see the amazing people of Gander proving the adage, many hands make light work. be part of the problem or part of the solution.

  also, LOVE that you don't constantly pause for your "two cents" every 15 seconds or so and when you do, it's usually for a good reason. keep up the good work, laddie! hope that wasn't offensive/demeaning.

• its 2024 March 1 all I can say is thank you from Canada....

• Thank you for the kind words, If you ever come to Newfoundland and step on my property... I'll invite you to stay for the night, food, tea/coffee and endless stories.

• I remember when this happened (I'm a Newfoundlander) it was early morning in school the teachers rushed a T.V. into my I think 7th/8th grade class because there was an attack on the U.S.A. I went home for lunch because I lived close to the school and remember my mom stuck to the T.V. in shock telling me and my brother to come watch. I couldn't fully understand what was going on at the time being to young but it was a strange feeling the first time my world of peace being broken seeing these giant towers crumbling to the ground on my own continent, terrorist attack was a foreign and unknown concept before this time and changed my world view forever. 9/11 was the day that broke my childhood innocence.

• I live in Halifax. We took 40 planes on 9/11, but to a much, much larger region. Similar efforts were made here to help the stranded. What we did was remarkable. But what the people of Gander did was miraculous.

• I'm French Québécoise. I remember that day but I didn't know about these planes that came here. Shout out to the Terre-Neuviens!

• I have spent some time in Newfoundland. I left a man's home with him and he didn't lock the door. I asked him why not. "Somebody might need somethin, eh?"

• Tom Brokaw made another film about Canada in general. This is the You Tube link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrA4V6YF6SA

• I was working an IT job in Vancouver Canada when this happened. Our offices were a short distance from the Vancouver Airport. We had massive windows facing that direction and I remember seeing a steady stream of planes coming in.