[Diane]
When you include the original flight, we were on the plane for twelve, thirteen hours

[Kevin T]
We were on there fifteen hours

[Kevin J]
Twenty hours

[Passenger 3]
Twenty-eight hours
We were on the plane for over an entire day

[Company]
Twe

[Beverley]
On final approach
We're coming in runway two-two
And I think, where am I gonna park this thing?
There are planes lined up like sardines
And as far as I can see, there's cars lined up too
It looks like everybody in Newfoundland is here

[Company]
One pl

[Beverley]
The winds start to pick up fifty mile an hour winds
We've been here too long
We're still on the ground, there's a hurricane coming, and I'm thinking
We're running out of time
We have to leave, we have to leave now

[Company]
One plane then another, and the

[Janice]
11:53 am

[Company]
Tuesday

[Janice]
September 11th, 2001
Any available community buildings
Will be converted into shelters
With thousands of passengers arriving at any minute
The town is asking for help with
Well, anything you can do

[Be

[Janice]
3: 45 A.M. overnight, the community's population has gone
From approximately 9, 000 to 16, 000
I'm sure barely any of us have slept tonight. We're hopeful
That our visitors will be back in the air come morning

[Kevin T]
I woke up from this dream which I can't q

[Bob]
We can see them from the plane
This long line of headlights coming through the darkness

[Company]
Off of the airplane

[Flight Attendant]
Ladies and gentlemen, you can take only your carry-on items
Any checked luggage will remain in the hold

[Company]

[Garth]
Finally, out of the darkness, my bus arrives at the Salvation Army camp

[Company]
Kati ya giza

[Muhumuza]
We pass through a large gate and the bus pulls to a stop
And through the windows out there in the darkness
We see all these people coming out of the b

[Company]
One, two
A one, two, three, four

[Claude]
Welcome to the friends who have come from away
Welcome to the locals who have always said they’d stay
If you’re comin’ from Toledo or you’re comin’ from Taipei
Because we come from everywhere

[Company]
We

[Beulah]
Anyway, I get lunch set up, labeling anything that'll go bad with the date and time
I let the pants out for one of the pilots who's been enjoying our cooking
Make a balloon animal for a crying toddler
And then I check on Hannah, leaving messages for anyone she can reach<

[Oz]
By eight o'clock, the bar is completely packed with people from around the world. Everybody's talking about where they're staying, what they've seen
And the bar staff keep making runs for more beer and liquor
After an hour, people are swimmin' in the river out back
And no, n

[Beulah]
Welcome to Gander Academy, I’m gonna show you now to your rooms
And then if you want to come back
We’ve got two TVs set up in the cafeteria with the news on
So you can see what’s actually happened for yourself

[Janice]
I didn’t even think, they haven’t seen any

My parents must have thought they had a crazy kid
'Cause I was one of those kids who always knew what I wanted
They took me down to the airport to see all the planes departing
Watching them fly something inside of me was starting
I was eight when I told them that I'd be a pilot</

[Micky]
Climb aboard!

[Terry]
Hop right in, me ducky

[Micky]
Let's get you where you're going

[Terry]
You've all seen the airport
It used to be the biggest airport in North America
Planes used to stop here to gas up from everywhere

[Micky]
Ooh!

[Claude]
Some people spend their days crammed inside shoulder to shoulder
With nothing to do but watch the news
And wait for something to happen

[Company]
On the edge

[Beulah]
We've got the TVs going 24/7 in the cafeteria
And the more they watch the more scare

[Claude]
1: 15 a. M

[All]
Wednesday

[Claude]
September 12th
Crisis counselors are called to Gander Academy

[Beulah]
The Plane People, they’re exhausted
But they don’t want to sleep
And we’re standing there, ready with all that food
But that’s not

[Hannah]
Beulah walks me to church and when we get there, I light a candle for my son

[Beulah]
And I do too

[Kevin T]
I suddenly realize what that music from my dream
It was an old hymn from when I was a kid
I haven’t been to church in years
But for some reaso

[Claude]
Now there's a solemn, old tradition
For admission or audition to
Transition from a Come From Away

[Company]
To be a Newfoundlander

[Claude]
The only other way at any rate
Is pass away and pray to fate and
Wait to reincarnate

[Company]
As

[Diane]
So

[Nick]
So

[Diane]
So you'll call?

[Nick]
As soon as I get back

[Nick & Diane]
And then (s) he left
And then I was alone

[Janice]
Back to the way that things were

[Oz]
Back to the simple and plain

[Dwight]

[Nick]
Stop the world
Take a picture
Try to capture
To ensure this moment lasts
We're still in it, but
In a minute
That's the limit
And this present will be past
So here we are
Where the world has come together
So here she'll be
In this picture, fo

[Claude]
On the north-east tip of North America
On an island called Newfoundland
There's an airport
It used to be one of the biggest airports in the world
And next to it is a town called Gander

Welcome to the Rock if you come from away
You probably understand about