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Good morning, Everyone.

Good morning to our

military, our allies, and their families

Thank you, Lauren, for preparing the Canteen for today’s activities.

DC Metroland Weather

~ Today... Sunny. High 78F. Winds light and variable.

~ Tonight...Generally clear. Low 53F. Winds light and variable.

I've been watching some of the specials on the history channel.
I hope they show the one about the town in Newfoundland
who helped all those people from the diverted planes.
That was a wonderful story.
Speaking of that, let's not forget our friends
and allies who were there for us.

Here's one to remember...Operation Yellow Ribbon was commenced by Transport Canada to handle the diversion of civilian airline flights in response to the September 11 attacks in 2001. Canada’s goal was to ensure that potentially destructive air traffic be removed from U.S. airspace as quickly as possible, and away from potential U.S. targets, and instead place these aircraft on the ground in Canada, mostly at military and civilian airports in the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador and British Columbia (and also several in Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec) where their destructive potential could be better contained and neutralized. As none of the aircraft proved to be a threat, Canada and Canadians subsequently undertook to play host to the many people aboard the aircraft during the ensuing delay in reaching their destinations.
Canada commenced the operation after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounded all aircraft across the United States. The FAA then worked with Transport Canada to reroute incoming international flights to airports in Canada.
During the operation, departing flights, with the exception of police, military, and humanitarian flights were cancelled, marking the first time that Canada shut down its airspace. As a result of Operation Yellow Ribbon, 255 aircraft were diverted to 17 different airports across the country.

Another thing to remember ~ the people of Newfoundland....On September 11, 2001, with United States airspace closed due to the terrorist attacks, Gander International played host to 39 airliners, totaling 6,122 passengers and 473 crew, as part of Operation Yellow Ribbon. Gander International received more flights than any other Canadian airport involved in the operation apart from Halifax. The 6,595 passengers and crew accounted for the third highest total of passengers that landed at a Canadian airport involved in the operation, behind Vancouver and Halifax.
A major reason that Gander received so much traffic was partly due to its ability to handle large aircraft, but primarily because Transport Canada and Nav Canada instructed pilots coming from Europe to avoid the airports in major urban centers of Central Canada, like Lester B. Pearson in Toronto and Montréal-Dorval. The reception these travelers received in the central Newfoundland communities near the airport has been one of the most widely reported happy stories surrounding that day.
To honour the people of Gander and Halifax for their support during the operation, Lufthansa named a new Airbus A340-300 "Gander/Halifax" on May 16, 2002. That airplane is listed with the registration D-AIFC, and was the first aircraft in the whole fleet with a city name outside of Germany.
The airport was the site for Canada's memorial service to mark the first anniversary of the attack, over which Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, Transport Minister David Collenette, US Ambassador to Canada Paul Cellucci, and provincial and local officials presided. 2,500 of the 6,600 people that were diverted there the year before also attended the ceremony.

And let's not forget the delusional idiots who continue to assert
that our own government did this horrific act on its own people.

Another concerted effort to divert attention away
from the murderers that were responsible.

And THANK YOU
to President Bush who let the terrorist and the world know
that if you attack us, we will show no mercy!

Just got back from my walk.
Going to check out pings.

The FR Canteen is ALWAYS

Come on in and sit for a while.
There's always plenty of coffee, tea,
pancakes,
conversation, silliness,
and plain old BS

REMEMBER THEM ~ DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM

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Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above Honoring those who have served before.

Morning former neighbor. How’s things going?

((HUGS))Good morning, Beach. How’s it going?

Good morning, Beachy!

*HUGS*

Memories of a sad day - also a Tuesday morning, beautiful as September mornings often are in this part of the country. I was sitting at my computer in the living room watching one of the early news shows when the second plane hit. When the Pentagon was hit at 9:45, it was obvious that we were at war again.

Some of my wife's family were finishing up a European vacation that morning. Their flight from London to Dulles was diverted to Gander, where they enjoyed the hospitality of Newfoundland for several days before finally making it home.

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

Good morning beachy and (((HUGS))).

Thanks, beachy, for the reminder of the help that Canada provided
getting all those planes out of the skies and on the ground.
I remember watching the reports of the whole area turning out to
help all the stranded passengers, even taking them into their homes.

We will NEVER forget!!