How Gander, Newfoundland Came Together To Help Stranded Passengers On 9/11 | Home Team Heroes

The story of how the Steele Community Centre in Gander, NL, went from a St. John’s Maple Leafs’ training camp site, to a refrigerator to store food for the 38 planes full of stranded passengers from the September 11th terrorist attacks in the U.S.A.
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[@videovictim3]

Mad respect and gratitude to our neighbors to the north. Thank you.

[@wolfhayley123]

Proud to be Newfie 💪

[@alecgonzales706]

cant believe im just now learning about this

[@Need1738]

I love this story so much

[@hugolafhugolaf]

Such a Canadian thing to do.

[@masarocks1983]

How had I not heard of this?!

[@donairsauce2496]

lol they made a broadway musical about it

[@user-mm1uq6pz8l]

People didn't initially know because news covered the actual 911 sights, creation of TSA and Homeland Security, investigation findings by FBI and other law enforcement as well as the war. Eventually the story unfolded and a musical was made about it.