In Gander, the hospitality of perfect strangers

I received this as a forwarded email from a pilot friend today.

My initial impression was that it might be an email hoax as I haven't seen it previously reported and couldn't find it published on a news site.

What I have been able to confirm are three things:

A) Mr. Nazim Amin is a Delta flight attendant.

B) Delta Flight 15 was diverted to Gander on 9/11/01.

C) No country could wish for better friends and neighbors than we have in the Canadians.

1 posted on 10/19/2001 3:39:29 PM PDT by billorites

2 posted on 10/19/2001 3:47:08 PM PDT by linear

3 posted on 10/19/2001 3:49:04 PM PDT by Fractal Trader

Bump. I might have to change my screen name.

4 posted on 10/19/2001 3:52:32 PM PDT by Former Proud Canadian

Thank you.

No country could wish for better friends and neighbors than we have in the Americans.

5 posted on 10/19/2001 3:52:51 PM PDT by headsonpikes

To: StoneColdGOP; dubyaismypresident; rockchalkjayhawk; Texaggie79; sirgawain; Free State Four...

6 posted on 10/19/2001 3:56:24 PM PDT by Cool Guy

Ahem, I posted it here after I received it from my brother. Thanks for checking out the bona fides of this report.

Canadians are wonderful people, eh?

7 posted on 10/19/2001 3:58:10 PM PDT by BreitbartSentMe

I also received this in an e-mail a couple weeks ago. Very heartwarming.

8 posted on 10/19/2001 4:00:30 PM PDT by Mama_Bear

Could you please disown and exile Maurice Strong?

9 posted on 10/19/2001 4:03:18 PM PDT by Carry_Okie

10 posted on 10/19/2001 4:05:19 PM PDT by StoneColdGOP

A tip of the ol' Stetson to our Northern friends!

11 posted on 10/19/2001 4:12:29 PM PDT by LibKill

To: Bush_Democrat

Check out these Pictures of Gander Airport on 9/11/01 posted by a Canadian air traffic controller.

12 posted on 10/19/2001 4:13:11 PM PDT by billorites

To: billorites; StoneColdGOP; dubyaismypresident; rockchalkjayhawk; Texaggie79; sirgawain...

CHECK OUT POST #12 FOR PICTURES.

13 posted on 10/19/2001 4:17:15 PM PDT by Cool Guy

To: billorites; Cool Guy

OMG! That was my aunt's flight!!
She's a flight attendant for Delta and was on the 9/11 Frankfurt to Cincy flight. When she told me the story of Gander, she wept while speaking of the kindness she found there. I'm so glad you posted this :)
CG, thanks for the ping...I would have missed this!

14 posted on 10/19/2001 4:19:07 PM PDT by Lizzy W

Canadian diplomats risked their lives to give sanctuary to our people in Iran many years ago. This doesn't surprise me. God bless the Canadians once again.

15 posted on 10/19/2001 4:19:21 PM PDT by Doctor Raoul

The milk of human kindness flows freely in Gander, eh?

16 posted on 10/19/2001 4:19:35 PM PDT by pa_dweller

Incredible Hospitality

There is a sad update to this story. From this week's Gander Beacon:

Gander International Airport to see cut in air service
By JANICE HENSTRIDGE, The Beacon
Gander International Airport will see a loss in service as a result of cuts to Air Nova's fall schedule due to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States.
There will now be no flights from Deer Lake to Gander, and flights from Gander to Halifax will be serviced via St. John's or Stephenville.
To compensate for the loss, a new daily Dash 8 service will be added from Gander via Stephenville into Halifax. The number of daily Beech 1900 flights from Gander to St. John's will also be increased from five to six.
"We're certainly going to lose a substantial amount of revenue," said Gary Vey, CEO and president of the Gander International Airport Authority Inc. "Hopefully not the amount we had earlier anticipated, but it's going to depend on how many folks use the service from here to St. John's because Air Nova is attempting to put people through St. John's rather than provide a direct link to Halifax and beyond."
While it is still uncertain as the exact amount of revenue that will be lost by the airport, Mr. Vey said there will be a direct hit in landing fees in the range of a quarter million dollars. . .

A substantial hit for a town of 10,000. A long article, dated Sept 17-23, from the Gander Beacon detailing the help the residents gave passagers is here:

Gander sees influx of 6,500

Thirty-seven diverted planes lined the runways of Gander International Airport after terrorist attacks in the U.S., leaving the region to aid about 6,500 stranded passengers. Courtesy of 103 Search and Rescue. . . continued here

20 posted on 10/18/01 12:50 PM Pacific by LarryLied

17 posted on 10/19/2001 4:21:55 PM PDT by deport

Thanks, Cool Guy. :-)

18 posted on 10/19/2001 4:25:40 PM PDT by Mama_Bear

To: Mama_Bear; Lizzy W

19 posted on 10/19/2001 4:27:34 PM PDT by Cool Guy

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