A Come From Away Reunion - WIFF 2025

For the first time, WIFF will be welcoming residents of Gander, NL, and reuniting them with airline passengers from the US that were rerouted to their small town in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. This special event is sure to be the heartwarming moment so many of us need.

September 11th, 2001. Images of that shocking tragedy are forever etched into our collective consciousness. And yet, on that very same day, a small island just 3,000 kilometers from Manhattan in the middle of the Atlantic gave voice to all that is good and generous during America’s darkest hour. The citizens of Gander, Newfoundland welcomed 38 airliners with no place else to go and hosted the thousands of passengers who were strangers in a strange land. Gander shone as the beacon of hope in the wake of tragedy, welcoming strangers who left as life-long friends.

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