NEW Heritage Minute: Gander and 9/11

“There’s only one thing to do here – we’re going to ask people to open their doors.” It was the day in which Gander and surrounding communities welcomed the world to its doorstep.

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Following the unprecedented terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 and the closure of the United States airspace, Canada managed the diverted planes in what became known as Operation Yellow Ribbon. Gander, a small town in Newfoundland, welcomed 38 planes, carrying 6,656 people – nearly double the town's population.

Gander and the surrounding communities came together to help the “plane people,” as they became known. Food, clothes, shelter, and other supplies were donated. The moments of kindness and acts of service in the days that followed still resonate today.

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9/11 and Canada: thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/canada-and-911
Gander: thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/gander

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*Credits*:
Mayor and end narrator: Rick Mercer ( thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/rick-mercer)
American Guest: Petrina Bromley
Host Woman: Jillian Rees-Brown
Air Traffic Controller: Percy Farwell
Librarian: Ruth Lawrence
Local Girl: Freya Steffen
Director: Deanne Foley
Producer: Rob Blackie, Peter Blackie
Production Manager: Ruth Lawrence
Director of Photography: Duncan de Young
1st AD: Ife Alaba
1st AD: Mary Lewis
1st AC: Herb Gibbons
2nd AC: Matt Fitzgerald
Sound Recordist: Marco Dölle
Gaffer: Victor Tilley
Editor: James Patrick
Composer: Ian Foster
Art Director: Jessica Waterman
Wardrobe: Marie Sharpe
Hair and Makeup: Haleigh McLean
PA: Sarah Baldwin
PA: Melanie Moss
PA: Greg Blumer
PA: Meaghan Dicks
BTS Video: Cody Westman
BTS 2nd Cam: Kirk Stuckless
Written by Latonia Hartery and Deanne Foley
Produced by Elemental Pictures

Thank you to the Government of Canada for funding through Canadian Heritage and Sunbelt Rentals Film & TV (formerly William F. Whites) for their in-kind support through film equipment rental.