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The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland Audio CD – CD, June 27 2017

by Jim DeFede (Author)
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When thirty-eight jetliners bound for the United States were forced to land in Gander, Newfoundland, on September 11, 2001, due to the closing of United States airspace, the citizens of this small community and surrounding towns were called upon to care for the thousands of distraught travelers.

Their response to this challenge was truly extraordinary. Oz Fudge, the town constable, searched all over Gander for a flight-crew member so that he could give her a hug as a favor to his sister, who managed to reach him by phone. Eithne Smith, an elementary-school teacher, helped the passengers sheltered at her school fax letters to loved ones all over the world. And members of a local animal protection agency crawled into the cargo holds of the jets to feed and care for all of the animals on the flights.

These stories and hundreds more are beautifully rendered in The Day the World Came to Town, the true account of a community that exemplifies love, kindness, and generosity.
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  1. Print length
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    HarperCollins Publishers and Blackstone Audio
  4. Publication date
    June 27 2017
  5. Dimensions
    14.73 x 1.02 x 14.22 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    1538477254
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1538477250
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Jim DeFede has been an award-winning journalist for sixteen years, first with the Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington, and then with the Miami New Times. His work has appeared in Talk, The New Republic, and Newsday. He is currently a metro columnist for the Miami Herald.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins Publishers and Blackstone Audio
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 27 2017
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ Unabridged AUDIO
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 1 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1538477254
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1538477250
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 154 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 14.73 x 1.02 x 14.22 cm
  • 鶹 Rank: #25 in Canadian History (Books)
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Customers find the content wonderful, interesting, and thoroughly engrossing. They describe the book as a gem and a much-needed celebration of the human spirit. Readers appreciate the readability, saying it provides a lot of details in a great, easy format. They also praise the Newfoundland people as amazing, generous, and great Canadian heroes.

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Customers find the book wonderful, interesting, and thoroughly engrossing. They say it's a gem and a much-needed celebration of the human spirit. Readers also describe the book as captivating, emotional, and heartwarming.

"Great book. Great read!!" Read more

"Wonderful book full of poignant, funny, heart warming, feel good stories of those airline passengers from all over the world stranded in Gander,..." Read more

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"Loved this book and reading it reminded me of the inherent goodness in people and I couldn't be prouder of my fellow Canadians for how they opened..." Read more

14 customers mention "Humanity"14 positive0 negative

Customers find the book to be a lovely week-end read with reminders of human kindness. They mention it's a story of determination, compassion, and real friendship to all people during 911. Readers also say the book renews their faith in the human race and is a much-needed celebration of the human spirit.

"...the right amount of stories and weaved everything with grace and compassion." Read more

"A lovely wk end read with reminders of human kindness that is often lacking in our society other than Newfoundland, The world can take their lesson..." Read more

"...at how these Newfoundlanders rallied to help, how they cared about and trusted each other, and how that mentality was extended to their guests...." Read more

"Such a wonderful telling of kindness and a call to action in troubled times. Heart warming. Highly recommended. Feel good." Read more

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Customers find the book easy to read, informative, and heartwarming. They say it provides a lot of details in a great format and goes into greater detail about people and circumstances depicted in the stage production.

"An easy read, entertaining and hopeful...." Read more

"...hit us all hard, even if we had no direct connection and documenting this time is valuable. A quick read at around 250 pages." Read more

"...Goes into greater detail about people and circumstances depicted in the stage production “Come From Away”." Read more

"Happy story for difficult times. Any easy read with many things to smile about. A biography of many and of a collective." Read more

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Customers find the Newfoundland people amazing, generous, and great Canadian heroes. They say the book is a real life experience of how Newfoundlanders responded and used common sense and real friendship.

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  • Inez H.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Remarkable Gander. Remarkable Canada.🇨🇦
    Reviewed in Canada on August 4, 2025
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    Well researched. The people of Gander did so much for the “Plane People”. Everyone should read this book and know the details of these six unforgettable days. I learned a lot. We are so proud of you, Gander.
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  • Nancy V
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wish that I could give it 10 stars!
    Reviewed in Canada on September 25, 2024
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    As a Canadian, I am so proud that the people on our east coast were able to be there on the worst day that any of us, who recall that horrific day, can remember. I can't imagine how the people on those planes felt but for those of us on the ground, many of us thought that we were about to see another world war. I am so glad that I was able to read this book. I hope that we will see an update of "where are they now". GREAT READ and a reminder that there is more good in this world than bad !
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  • Canadian resident
    4.0 out of 5 stars Some touching moments. Mistake on p. 129 “didn’t needed to”
    Reviewed in Canada on March 18, 2024
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    I put the error in the title for the attention of the author. There’s another typo that I can’t find now but I noticed waiting on line, where it should be waiting in line.

    I was hoping this narration would be told more through the eyes of the townspeople, but the author has done a good job rounding up many stories from this life-changing time. I’ve seen “Come From Away” and enjoyed reading this book. It reminded me of the high points, such as rescuing the animals and how surprised the Americans were at how these Newfoundlanders rallied to help, how they cared about and trusted each other, and how that mentality was extended to their guests. Of course 9/11 hit us all hard, even if we had no direct connection and documenting this time is valuable. A quick read at around 250 pages.
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  • Luisa Cisterna
    5.0 out of 5 stars Captivating
    Reviewed in Canada on February 17, 2024
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    This is the kind of book that will stay in your memory forever. Captivating and emotional account of passengers and crews grounded in charming Gander, Newfoundland. It reminded me of what G. K. Chesterton said about small communities: "The man who lives in a small community lives in a much larger world. He knows much more of the fierce variety and uncompromising divergences of men." Gander was the world for a week literally, but as a small community it remains the world with personal dramas of it own people. The author selected the right amount of stories and weaved everything with grace and compassion.
    2 people found this helpful
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  • Travel Kat
    5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't be more proud to be a Canadian.
    Reviewed in Canada on March 12, 2024
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    What an incredible story! A beautifully detailed account of an impossible to believe situation that brought tears of grief and tears of joy. Hope in humanity can be found throughout this book. I found myself often teary-eyed and laughing at the same time.
    So proud that the famous hospitality and friendliness of Newfoundlanders can now be appreciated far and wide around the globe. I've re-read this book several times and the Musical is one of my absolute favourites.
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  • Candace Allan - author of Text Me, Love Mom
    5.0 out of 5 stars excellent riveting account
    Reviewed in Canada on September 21, 2024
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    Such a wonderful telling of kindness and a call to action in troubled times. Heart warming. Highly recommended. Feel good.
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  • Craig
    4.0 out of 5 stars A Positive Book about a Horrible Day
    Reviewed in Canada on November 8, 2014
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    Following Tuesday, September 11, 2001 one of the stories we heard on the news was about all the planes that needed to land in Gander, Newfoundland. After September 11 I started working in a bookstore. The bookstore, as you can imagine, was inundated with books about the events from several different angles. I remembered when "The Day the World Came to Town" arrived in hardcover. Because of all the media coverage and documentaries on television, this was the only book about this horrific day that I wanted to read.

    I bought the book about a year ago, and finally read it recently. The book captures the stories of many passengers crossing the Atlantic Ocean that day, as well as many citizens in Gander and the surrounding area. Anyone who is cynical about the human condition, or is interested in a case study of sociology, needs to read this book. The people of Newfoundland are a unique people, and it is important to hear about how they rallied to serve their unexpected guests. These guests were unexpected because a group of people filled with anger decided to wreak unimaginable acts of destruction and murder, but their hosts preformed equally unimaginable acts of kindness and love.

    My criticisms of this book are few. Unfortunately there are several typographical errors which the editors missed. There are several pictures, but it would have been more effective if they were larger and in colour. Lastly, it would be extremely helpful if a map of the area, and another map of Gander itself, were included. I strongly suggest to the reader to have maps handy when reading this book.

    This is a gem and a much-needed celebration of the human spirit, when we are so often reminded that we live in a broken world. Thank you to the people of Newfoundland for renewing faith in the human condition by merely being themselves. Thank you to the people on the planes for sharing their stories. Thank you to Jim DeFede for bringing us this chapter of the events of one of the darkest days in our history.
    8 people found this helpful
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  • JohnV
    5.0 out of 5 stars The best of humanity comes out when it’s needed
    Reviewed in Canada on August 23, 2022
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    A well-written account of how the residents of Gander and some nearby towns came together and helped an incredible number of strangers in a very difficult time. The style makes the reader almost feel like he or she is there in the moment. The stories of both the passengers and the locals makes you feel like you know them personally. A great pleasure to read and recommended especially to anyone feeling cynical about society. And especially, a stimulus to pay it forward when and where you can to demonstrate quietly to yourself (no fanfare!) that you are part of the best of humanity, too.
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  • Julie H.
    5.0 out of 5 stars A story of great goodness
    Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2025
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    It was refreshing to read this wonderful back story to 9/11 and so much human goodness defying so much unspeakable evil.
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  • K
    5.0 out of 5 stars Heart warming story
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 18, 2024
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    Great book which restores faith in human kindness.
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  • francesca li mandri
    5.0 out of 5 stars Puntuale conforme alla descrizione.
    Reviewed in Italy on January 17, 2020
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    Puntuale e prodotto conforme alla descrizione.
    Libro bellissimo su una storia vera (11 settembre 2001)
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  • C. Busch
    5.0 out of 5 stars Empfohlene Lektüre
    Reviewed in Germany on May 6, 2014
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    Über die Vorgänge in Gander, Neufundland, hatte ich bereits kurz nach den Anschlägen einiges gelesen. Als Fluzeugenthusiast war mir nicht entgangen, dass die Lufthansa damals einen Airbus auf den Namen "Gander-Halifax" taufte, zu Ehren der beispiellosen Hilfsbereitschaft der Anwohner vor Ort. Mehr als zehn Jahre später stieß ich durch einen Blogeintrag auf das Buch von Jim DeFede und habe es gleich bestellt.

    Von der furchtbaren Covergestaltung des Paperbacks sollte man sich keineswegs abhalten lassen. Jim DeFede beschreibt ohne triefenden Patriotismus oder Pathos die Ereignisse, die sich über tausend Kilometer entfernt von den zusammenstürzenden Türmen in New York abspielten. Als der amerikanische Luftraum gesperrt wurde, mussten tausende Menschen ihre Reise zwangsweise unterbrechen, und 38 Flugzeuge strandeten in Gander. Was sich dort abspielte, berührt zutiefst. Wer hat nicht die Zuversicht und den Glauben an das Gute im Menschen verloren, angesichts der Flugzeuge, die mitsamt ihren Passagieren zu riesigen Projektilen wurden, um zu zerstören, zu verletzen, ein ganzes Land, ja, die ganze Welt auf bisher unvorstellbare Weise zu erschüttern? Dieses Buch ist dazu angetan, den Riss zu heilen, der wahrscheinlich in vielen Seelen entstanden ist. Vollkommen selbstlos und ohne zu zögern taten die Einwohner von Gander und den umliegende Städten alles, um den entsetzten Passagieren ihren erzwungenen Aufenthalt so angenehm wie möglich zu machen und ihnen alles zum Leben Notwendige zu geben. Sie teilten ihr Haus, ihren Besitz mit den Gestrandeten, sie verliehen ihre Autos an sie, sie zeigten ihnen die Gegend, sie wachten in der Nacht in den Aufnahmelagern, sie koordinierten unzählige Anrufe von besorgten Angehörigen, sie trösteten die Verzweifelten und gaben ein Fest für all die Kinder, die auf dem Weg nach Disneyworld waren, um dort ihren Geburtstag zu feiern. Sie krochen auf eigene Veranlassung in die Laderäume der Flugzeuge und versorgten auch die dort untergebrachten Tiere.

    Das Buch bewegt zutiefst, weil es ein Manifest für bedingungsloses Mitgefühl und Selbstlosigkeit ist, für ein freundschaftliches Miteinander unabhängig von Religion, Hautfarbe, Geschlecht oder sozialem Status. Mittelmäßige Englischkenntnisse reichen übrigens aus, der Autor verwendet eine schöne, unverschnörkelte Sprache, die leicht zu verstehen ist. Danke für diese Aufzeichnungen, Mr. DeFede.
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  • Eddie Ozols
    5.0 out of 5 stars Saw the Show then read the book
    Reviewed in Australia on February 23, 2023
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    The show was fantastic and highlighted in its intensity what the book describes. The book has a lot more stories than could be portrayed in the show. The book is worth a great read and provides a lot more detail than the show
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