[bksvol-discuss] Just submitted: The day the world came to town
- From: "Brian Miller" <brian-r-miller@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 14:23:17 -0500
All,
I have just submitted for validation the following:
The day the world came to town: 9/11 and Gander Newfoundland, by Jim Defede,
Reagan Books, 2003.
From the book jacket:
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 her sister, who managed to reach him by phone. Eithne
Smith, an
elementary-school teacher, helped die 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 die
flights.
These stories and hundreds more are beautifully rendered in The Day the
World Came
to town the true account of a community diat exemplifies love, kindness, and
generosity.
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This is a unique angle on the 9/11 story, and one that exemplifies all the
drama and trajedgy of that day.
This is an RTF scan, with few if any errors.
Thanks,
Brian Miller
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