Come From Away, the award-winning musical about the story is being performed by different amateur groups after licences became available, and opens at Birmingham's Crescent Theatre from 25 April.

MIAMI (CBSMiami) - "They would come to the Lions Club and say, `Hey, who needs a shower? Come over to my place.' And that's pretty trusting of a bunch of strangers that landed there, you know? Roxanne ...

AN Aer Lingus official who flew to Gander in Newfoundland in 2001 to help co-ordinate the return of stranded passengers and a ...

The town of Gander is introducing a new tax on accommodations that council predicts will bring in $500,000 a year. Mayor Percy Farwell says that money will be reinvested in events and tourism ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What happened next sparked an ongoing “Pay It Forward 9/11” kindness movement, a book, a movie and a musical, “Come From Away,” on ...

When four hijacked planes crashed on September 11, the airspace over the U.S. was closed and all planes in the air were ordered to the nearest airport. Dozens of aircraft ended up in Gander, ...

GANDER, Newfoundland — Tucked behind one of the many strip malls here is a cement building layered with heavy security, an out-of-place sight in a tiny town where many boast about not even locking ...

Out of tragedy, comes humanity and generosity: Shirley Brooks-Jones speaks to NPR's Scott Simon about how the residents of Gander, Newfoundland, helped her and thousands of stranded passengers. On ...

This story was originally published in The Record in 2016. As the last airline passengers left Gander, Newfoundland — the tiny airport they’d been diverted to on Sept. 11, 2001, when America shut down ...

Out of tragedy, comes humanity and generosity: Shirley Brooks-Jones speaks to NPR's Scott Simon about how the residents of Gander, Newfoundland, helped her and thousands of stranded passengers. On ...