Gander, town, NE Newfoundland, N.L.,
Canada. Gander's airport, an important base in World War II, is a hub for
international flights; it also attracts many refugees. It was the site of a
Dec., 1985, plane crash that killed 256 passengers, 248 of them U.S.
soldiers returning from the Middle East. Following the Sept. 11, 2001,
attacks, its airfield played a key role in harboring passengers and stranded
international flights. The Broadway musical, Come From Away
(2017), was among several dramatizations telling this story.
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