1 00:01:44,771 --> 00:01:49,693 On the northeast tip of North America, on an island called Newfoundland, 2 00:01:49,776 --> 00:01:51,111 there's a airport. 3 00:01:51,195 --> 00:01:54,489 It used to be one of the biggest airports in the world. 4 00:01:54,573 --> 00:01:57,743 And next to it is a town called Gander. 5 00:01:58,493 --> 00:02:01,246 - There's a two-person police department. - An elementary school. 6 00:02:01,330 --> 00:02:03,665 - An SPCA. - A local TV station. 7 00:02:03,749 --> 00:02:04,750 And a hockey rink. 8 00:02:04,833 --> 00:02:07,961 It's a small place on a giant rock in the ocean. 9 00:02:08,044 --> 00:02:10,047 Everybody knows everybody else. 10 00:02:10,130 --> 00:02:14,176 And everybody in this room has a story about how they started that day. 11 00:02:15,177 --> 00:02:16,261 Welcome to the rock 12 00:02:16,345 --> 00:02:17,888 - If you come from away - Hep! 13 00:02:17,971 --> 00:02:20,474 You'll probably understand About a half of what we say 14 00:02:20,557 --> 00:02:22,017 - Hep! - They say no man's an island 15 00:02:22,100 --> 00:02:23,393 But an island makes a man 16 00:02:23,477 --> 00:02:27,314 'Specially when one comes From one like Newfoundland 17 00:02:27,397 --> 00:02:28,482 Welcome to the rock 18 00:02:28,565 --> 00:02:30,651 That morning, I'm in the classroom. 19 00:02:30,734 --> 00:02:33,779 It's our first day back, and the school buses are on strike, 20 00:02:33,862 --> 00:02:36,240 so I'm covering for Annette, who's running late. 21 00:02:36,323 --> 00:02:38,158 Sorry, Beulah. How's the kids? 22 00:02:38,242 --> 00:02:41,620 Not exactly thrilled to be inside on such a gorgeous day. 23 00:02:41,703 --> 00:02:44,039 So I told 'em we'd only have a half-day this morning. 24 00:02:44,122 --> 00:02:47,501 They were quite pleased till I told 'em we'd have the other half in the afternoon. 25 00:02:49,545 --> 00:02:52,339 Welcome to the wildest weather That you've ever heard of 26 00:02:52,422 --> 00:02:55,259 Where everyone is nicer But it's never nice above 27 00:02:55,342 --> 00:02:58,053 Welcome to the farthest place You'll get from Disneyland 28 00:02:58,136 --> 00:03:01,473 - Fish and chips and shipwrecks - This is Newfoundland 29 00:03:01,557 --> 00:03:03,600 - Welcome to the rock - I'm an islander 30 00:03:03,684 --> 00:03:04,977 I am an islander 31 00:03:05,060 --> 00:03:07,896 I'm an islander I am an islander 32 00:03:07,980 --> 00:03:10,858 I'm an islander I am an islander 33 00:03:10,941 --> 00:03:13,777 I'm an islander I am an islander 34 00:03:13,861 --> 00:03:16,697 That morning, I'm in my car. 35 00:03:16,780 --> 00:03:18,949 The kids cross Airport Boulevard to get to school. 36 00:03:19,032 --> 00:03:22,494 And that time of day, people are in a bit of a rush to get to work and stuff, 37 00:03:22,578 --> 00:03:25,038 so normally I sit there and run my radar. 38 00:03:25,998 --> 00:03:29,626 And if they're speeding, I'll stop 'em and write out a warning ticket. 39 00:03:29,710 --> 00:03:34,631 I'll write "STFD"... "Slow The ♫♫♫♫ Down." 40 00:03:35,257 --> 00:03:37,676 Welcome to the land Where the winters tried to kill us 41 00:03:37,759 --> 00:03:40,888 - And we said - We will not be killed 42 00:03:40,971 --> 00:03:43,557 Welcome to the land Where the waters tried to drown us 43 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:46,602 - And we said - We will not be drowned 44 00:03:46,685 --> 00:03:49,271 Welcome to the land Where we lost our loved ones 45 00:03:49,354 --> 00:03:52,357 - And we said - We will still go on 46 00:03:52,441 --> 00:03:54,818 Welcome to the land Where the winds tried to blow 47 00:03:54,902 --> 00:03:56,862 And we said no 48 00:03:56,945 --> 00:04:00,115 That morning, I drop my kids off at school and head to the SPCA, 49 00:04:00,199 --> 00:04:02,534 where I'm greeted by my other kids, 50 00:04:02,618 --> 00:04:06,163 all barking and meowing for breakfast and a belly rub. 51 00:04:06,246 --> 00:04:08,373 Not that I'm complaining. I loves 'em. 52 00:04:08,457 --> 00:04:11,710 But by the time feeding is done, I gotta get back to pick up my human kids. 53 00:04:11,793 --> 00:04:14,922 So I take just one second for myself. And I'm sitting in my car. 54 00:04:15,005 --> 00:04:17,173 - I'm in the staff room. - I'm in the library. 55 00:04:17,716 --> 00:04:19,635 And I turn on the radio. 56 00:04:20,302 --> 00:04:25,849 You are here At the start of a moment 57 00:04:25,933 --> 00:04:29,061 On the edge of the world 58 00:04:29,144 --> 00:04:32,981 Where the river meets the sea 59 00:04:33,065 --> 00:04:34,691 Here 60 00:04:34,775 --> 00:04:37,486 On the edge of the Atlantic 61 00:04:37,569 --> 00:04:41,949 On an island in between 62 00:04:42,032 --> 00:04:46,328 There and here 63 00:04:46,411 --> 00:04:49,265 - I'm an islander, I am an islander - I'm running my radar. Bonnie comes by. 64 00:04:49,289 --> 00:04:51,935 - I'm an islander, I am an islander… - She pulls up, wavin' at me like mad. 65 00:04:51,959 --> 00:04:54,711 - So I roll down my window, and she says… - Oz, turn on the radio. 66 00:04:54,795 --> 00:04:57,548 - Slow it down, Bonnie. - Jesus H., Oz, turn on your radio. 67 00:04:58,131 --> 00:05:00,884 - Where our stories start - It's my first day at the station. 68 00:05:00,968 --> 00:05:03,720 - Where we'll end the night - I'm getting coffee for the picket line. 69 00:05:03,804 --> 00:05:06,640 - Where we know by heart - Five minutes till my smoke break. 70 00:05:06,723 --> 00:05:09,434 - Every single flight - I'm off to work at the airport. 71 00:05:09,518 --> 00:05:12,020 Welcome to the fog Welcome to the trees 72 00:05:12,104 --> 00:05:15,107 To the ocean and the sky And whatever's in between 73 00:05:15,190 --> 00:05:17,860 To the ones who've left You're never truly gone 74 00:05:17,943 --> 00:05:20,487 A candle's in the window And the kettle's always on 75 00:05:20,571 --> 00:05:23,448 When the sun is coming up And the world has come ashore 76 00:05:23,532 --> 00:05:26,243 If you're hoping for a harbor Then you'll find an open door 77 00:05:26,326 --> 00:05:29,121 In the winter, from the water Through whatever's in the way 78 00:05:29,204 --> 00:05:32,833 To the ones who have come from away Welcome to the rock 79 00:05:42,593 --> 00:05:45,721 I starts my day at Tim Hortons. 80 00:05:45,804 --> 00:05:49,266 Don't drink coffee, don't drink tea, and I've no use for donuts. 81 00:05:49,349 --> 00:05:52,311 But I'll grab a Pepsi and get a lay of the land. 82 00:05:52,394 --> 00:05:55,772 As the mayor, it's how I keep in touch with the people and such. 83 00:05:55,856 --> 00:05:58,400 Everything starts and ends at Tim Hortons. 84 00:05:59,234 --> 00:06:00,634 - Morning, Garth. - Morning, Claude. 85 00:06:00,694 --> 00:06:02,446 - Morning, Crystal. - Morning, Mr. Mayor. 86 00:06:02,529 --> 00:06:04,249 - Dwight. - Morning, Claude, Garth, Crystal. 87 00:06:04,281 --> 00:06:06,158 Claude, Crystal, Dwight, Garth. Morning. 88 00:06:06,241 --> 00:06:08,911 - Morning, boys. Pepsi? - That's right, Crystal. 89 00:06:08,994 --> 00:06:10,579 - Yeah. - What's the news? 90 00:06:10,662 --> 00:06:12,891 - School bus strike still on? - Yeah. We're working it out. 91 00:06:12,915 --> 00:06:14,541 Well, we're coming to the table. 92 00:06:14,625 --> 00:06:16,210 Well, we're coming to the table too. 93 00:06:16,293 --> 00:06:18,420 - They tearing down the airport? - Not today. 94 00:06:18,504 --> 00:06:21,298 I heard Don Burton and his wife won the Super 7. 95 00:06:21,381 --> 00:06:22,799 - You don't say. - Lucky shit. 96 00:06:22,883 --> 00:06:24,510 4.6 million. 97 00:06:25,761 --> 00:06:27,387 Excuse me, I'm looking for the mayor. 98 00:06:28,347 --> 00:06:31,475 Mr. Mayor, I'm Janice Mosher with Rogers TV. 99 00:06:31,558 --> 00:06:34,019 I'm new to town and new to reporting. 100 00:06:34,102 --> 00:06:36,230 - It's my first day. - Where you 'longs to, Janice? 101 00:06:36,313 --> 00:06:37,314 Port aux Basques. 102 00:06:37,397 --> 00:06:39,566 So if you see me running red lights or anything, 103 00:06:39,650 --> 00:06:42,569 just forgive me because we don't have stoplights over there. 104 00:06:42,653 --> 00:06:44,780 - Well, welcome to Gander, Janice. - Janice. 105 00:06:44,863 --> 00:06:45,864 - Janice. - Janice. 106 00:06:45,948 --> 00:06:46,949 Janice. 107 00:06:47,032 --> 00:06:49,993 If you're looking for news, you should talk to that man running in here. 108 00:06:50,077 --> 00:06:52,496 That's our constable, Oz Fudge. He's full of stories. 109 00:06:52,579 --> 00:06:54,915 Mr. Mayor, I saw your car in the lot. 110 00:06:54,998 --> 00:06:57,084 Crystal, turn up the radio so's we all can hear. 111 00:06:57,167 --> 00:07:00,879 Doug, you probably wanna get down to air traffic control right away. 112 00:07:00,963 --> 00:07:03,507 There's only supposed to be two air traffic controllers on, 113 00:07:03,590 --> 00:07:05,425 but instead there's 14. 114 00:07:05,509 --> 00:07:08,220 Everyone's heard, and they all shows up without even being asked. 115 00:07:08,303 --> 00:07:12,850 We're told there'll be over 200 planes getting diverted across the country. 116 00:07:13,350 --> 00:07:17,938 Lufthansa 414, this is Gander Center, squawk code 7235. 117 00:07:18,021 --> 00:07:22,150 Due to a recent development, you are ordered to land at Gander YQX immediately. 118 00:07:22,860 --> 00:07:24,987 Copy that. This is an order. 119 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:29,783 No, sir, you do not have a choice. 120 00:07:29,867 --> 00:07:31,368 No, sir. This is not a drill. 121 00:07:31,451 --> 00:07:34,538 Yes, sir. I understand you have VIPs on board. 122 00:07:34,621 --> 00:07:38,333 I'll see your VIPs and raise you an international emergency. 123 00:07:38,417 --> 00:07:39,626 Land your plane now. 124 00:07:39,710 --> 00:07:41,628 - Copy that, Gander Tower. - This is Air France. 125 00:07:41,712 --> 00:07:42,713 - Aer Lingus. - Lufthansa. 126 00:07:42,796 --> 00:07:44,256 - British Airways. - Emirates. 127 00:07:44,339 --> 00:07:47,342 This is American four niner. What am I supposed to tell my passengers? 128 00:07:47,426 --> 00:07:49,386 Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain. 129 00:07:49,469 --> 00:07:51,471 There's been an incident in the United States. 130 00:07:51,555 --> 00:07:54,641 We're having trouble with the… cabin lighting system. 131 00:07:54,725 --> 00:07:56,935 We're just going to touch down while we fix the system. 132 00:08:01,565 --> 00:08:04,067 Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts. 133 00:08:04,151 --> 00:08:07,905 Looks like we'll be making an unexpected landing in Gander, "New-found-land." 134 00:08:08,572 --> 00:08:12,201 Anybody in the business knows when you set down in Gander, it's for an emergency. 135 00:08:12,284 --> 00:08:13,827 Now, we don't know what's going on, 136 00:08:13,911 --> 00:08:16,246 but the captain tells us to keep everyone from panicking. 137 00:08:16,955 --> 00:08:18,457 Tray tables up, please. 138 00:08:18,540 --> 00:08:20,959 We will be dimming the lights in the cabin. 139 00:08:21,043 --> 00:08:23,754 Pushing the light bulb button will turn your reading light on. 140 00:08:23,837 --> 00:08:25,589 However, pushing the flight attendant button 141 00:08:25,672 --> 00:08:27,841 will not turn your flight attendant on. 142 00:08:28,425 --> 00:08:30,844 I look out the window to see if there's something mechanical, 143 00:08:30,928 --> 00:08:33,764 like if we've lost an engine or something's on fire. 144 00:08:33,847 --> 00:08:35,140 But I don't see anything. 145 00:08:35,224 --> 00:08:37,768 I told head office I need to travel less. 146 00:08:37,851 --> 00:08:39,602 I told them it was doctor's orders. 147 00:08:39,686 --> 00:08:42,523 But they say, "You're going to the conference," so you go. 148 00:08:42,606 --> 00:08:46,026 My dad's always saying, "Bob, you got to calm down." 149 00:08:46,109 --> 00:08:48,362 But the flight attendant is shaking like a leaf, 150 00:08:48,445 --> 00:08:50,322 so I figure I've got permission. 151 00:08:50,864 --> 00:08:53,116 My son sends me on this vacation. 152 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:55,327 He says, "Mom, you've never gone anywhere." 153 00:08:55,410 --> 00:08:58,330 And when I get back, I'm telling him, "This is exactly why." 154 00:08:58,914 --> 00:09:00,165 Suddenly, there's a drop. 155 00:09:00,707 --> 00:09:02,459 A sudden change in direction. 156 00:09:02,543 --> 00:09:04,795 I fly a lot, so I know that's not normal. 157 00:09:05,462 --> 00:09:12,261 Outside the window, all I can see below are trees and rocks and… nothing. 158 00:09:12,970 --> 00:09:15,639 On final approach, we're coming into runway 22, 159 00:09:15,722 --> 00:09:18,725 and I think, "Where am I gonna park this thing?" 160 00:09:18,809 --> 00:09:22,104 There are planes lined up like sardines. 161 00:09:22,187 --> 00:09:25,440 And as far as I can see, there's cars lined up too. 162 00:09:25,524 --> 00:09:28,235 It looks like everybody in Newfoundland is here. 163 00:09:28,318 --> 00:09:30,529 One plane, then another 164 00:09:31,029 --> 00:09:32,781 And then another 165 00:09:32,865 --> 00:09:34,032 And then another 166 00:09:34,116 --> 00:09:38,120 - Is this on? Sorry. I'm new. - And then 13 planes, then another 167 00:09:38,203 --> 00:09:41,123 - And then another, and then another - This is Rogers TV Channel 9. 168 00:09:41,206 --> 00:09:43,458 - My name is Janice Mosher. - And then 19 planes… 169 00:09:43,542 --> 00:09:45,127 I'm reporting live from Gander airport, 170 00:09:45,210 --> 00:09:47,796 where the 19th plane has just touched down. 171 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:48,881 I'm here with… 172 00:09:48,964 --> 00:09:50,799 - Bonnie Harris. - …and then 26 planes… 173 00:09:50,883 --> 00:09:53,051 On a normal day, we get a half dozen flights, 174 00:09:53,135 --> 00:09:57,014 and now we already got three times that many landing in two hours. 175 00:09:57,097 --> 00:09:59,099 - It's a lot of noise. - …and then 29 planes… 176 00:09:59,183 --> 00:10:01,894 And you can smell the fuel. You can smell the exhaust. 177 00:10:01,977 --> 00:10:03,657 - Jesus, that's a jumbo! - …and then another 178 00:10:03,729 --> 00:10:06,481 - There's gotta be 250 or 300 on her. - And then 32 planes… 179 00:10:06,565 --> 00:10:09,193 That's a fairly large one. There's gotta be 200 on her. 180 00:10:09,276 --> 00:10:11,445 - Now I'm adding this up. - And then another, and then 181 00:10:11,528 --> 00:10:13,339 - We got 38 planes. - Thirty-eight, thirty-eight… 182 00:10:13,363 --> 00:10:15,866 We got two, three hundred people on the average! 183 00:10:15,949 --> 00:10:19,494 Thirty-eight, thirty-eight planes 184 00:10:19,578 --> 00:10:20,996 Holy shit! 185 00:10:23,790 --> 00:10:27,211 Air Traffic Control says five of the planes on the ground aren't responding. 186 00:10:27,294 --> 00:10:29,414 Reg says they're probably just on the wrong frequency. 187 00:10:29,463 --> 00:10:30,297 Thank you, Dwight. 188 00:10:30,380 --> 00:10:32,841 FAA won't give us a timeline for reopening the airspace. 189 00:10:32,925 --> 00:10:35,820 The airplane crews need to be rested, or we'll never get them out of here. 190 00:10:35,844 --> 00:10:39,056 American Trans Air flight number 25 is requesting, when they deplane… 191 00:10:39,139 --> 00:10:40,390 If they deplane. 192 00:10:40,474 --> 00:10:41,975 - …that they be a priority. - Why? 193 00:10:42,059 --> 00:10:44,853 They were headed to Disney World with 90 Make-A-Wish kids. 194 00:10:44,937 --> 00:10:45,977 - Oh, Jesus. - Oh, my gosh. 195 00:10:46,021 --> 00:10:48,232 Even with all the hotels in town, we've got no room. 196 00:10:48,315 --> 00:10:49,983 We gotta start looking at other towns. 197 00:10:50,067 --> 00:10:53,070 Appleton and Gambo have already offered, but we can't get them there. 198 00:10:53,153 --> 00:10:55,864 Garth's bus drivers are still on the picket line. 199 00:10:55,948 --> 00:10:57,699 Without them, no one's going anywhere. 200 00:10:57,783 --> 00:11:00,118 For Jesus's sake, I'll tell them where to go! 201 00:11:00,619 --> 00:11:02,162 Don't quote me on that. 202 00:11:02,246 --> 00:11:05,290 I've got the SPCA lady on the line again asking about animals. 203 00:11:05,374 --> 00:11:07,417 Tell Bonnie we've got people to deal with. 204 00:11:07,501 --> 00:11:09,628 Apparently those five planes that aren't responding, 205 00:11:09,711 --> 00:11:11,255 they're treating 'em as bomb threats! 206 00:11:12,089 --> 00:11:13,090 All right! 207 00:11:13,173 --> 00:11:15,425 The RCMP is gonna handle it. 208 00:11:16,385 --> 00:11:20,389 But we've got almost 7,000 people that might be spending the night. 209 00:11:20,472 --> 00:11:23,517 Jesus, that's near as many as we got living here in town. 210 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:27,062 We need to house them somewhere, and we need to get them there. 211 00:11:27,145 --> 00:11:28,146 Don't look at me. 212 00:11:28,230 --> 00:11:31,608 Not to mention food and supplies and anything else that snarls up. 213 00:11:31,692 --> 00:11:34,903 Why are they sending them here? Why not Toronto or Ottawa? 214 00:11:35,737 --> 00:11:39,867 Because if anything goes wrong, we have a lot less people to lose. 215 00:11:42,786 --> 00:11:44,580 All right, Janice Mosher, here's your news. 216 00:11:44,663 --> 00:11:47,958 "Gander Town Council declares a state of emergency." 217 00:11:48,041 --> 00:11:50,335 - 11:53 a.m. - Tuesday. 218 00:11:50,419 --> 00:11:52,754 September 11, 2001. 219 00:11:52,838 --> 00:11:56,425 Any available community buildings will be converted into shelters. 220 00:11:56,508 --> 00:11:58,844 With thousands of passengers arriving at any minute, 221 00:11:58,927 --> 00:12:00,637 the town is asking for help with... 222 00:12:01,513 --> 00:12:02,723 Well, anything you can do. 223 00:12:03,473 --> 00:12:05,350 Crystal, I saw on the news That they're looking 224 00:12:05,434 --> 00:12:07,186 For blankets and bedding And maybe some food 225 00:12:07,269 --> 00:12:08,829 Do you know what they need And how much? 226 00:12:08,854 --> 00:12:11,334 - I need something to do - 'Cause I can't watch the news anymore 227 00:12:11,398 --> 00:12:13,376 Can I help? Is there something? I need to do something 228 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:15,545 To keep me from thinking Of all of those scenes on the tube 229 00:12:15,569 --> 00:12:17,589 I need something to do 'Cause I can't watch the news 230 00:12:17,613 --> 00:12:19,573 No, I can't watch the news anymore 231 00:12:19,656 --> 00:12:22,659 In the winter, from the water Through the wind 232 00:12:22,743 --> 00:12:26,246 If a stranger ends up at your door 233 00:12:26,330 --> 00:12:27,623 You get on the horn 234 00:12:27,706 --> 00:12:30,167 Hello, this is Beulah Davis down at the academy. 235 00:12:30,250 --> 00:12:33,253 I heard we might be getting some… guests. 236 00:12:33,337 --> 00:12:37,007 And I thought I'd see if I could help whosever in charge of getting the school... 237 00:12:37,799 --> 00:12:40,219 How many passengers can we take? 238 00:12:40,302 --> 00:12:42,471 We fit about 400 students... 239 00:12:42,554 --> 00:12:45,224 Yes, we could probably do 600. 240 00:12:45,307 --> 00:12:49,144 Or, sure, 700 if we really pack 'em in. 241 00:12:49,228 --> 00:12:51,772 When are they coming? Could be anytime now? 242 00:12:52,272 --> 00:12:53,357 I'm glad I phoned. 243 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:54,816 I get a call from Beulah, 244 00:12:54,900 --> 00:12:58,862 looking for "anything 700 people from around the world might need." 245 00:12:58,946 --> 00:13:01,031 So I go down to Shoppers, 246 00:13:01,114 --> 00:13:04,201 and the manager says to just take what I want off the shelves. 247 00:13:04,284 --> 00:13:07,204 Toothbrushes, floss, mouthwash, deodorant. 248 00:13:07,287 --> 00:13:09,164 And I'm back at the school when Beulah says… 249 00:13:09,248 --> 00:13:12,584 You know, those planes probably got some babies on 'em. 250 00:13:14,419 --> 00:13:16,255 So I'm back to Shoppers for diapers. 251 00:13:16,338 --> 00:13:18,549 And we're unpacking them when Annette says… 252 00:13:18,632 --> 00:13:21,260 You know, those babies are probably gonna be hungry. 253 00:13:23,303 --> 00:13:25,722 So I'm back to Shoppers for formula and baby food. 254 00:13:25,806 --> 00:13:27,349 And when I get back, Beulah says… 255 00:13:27,432 --> 00:13:32,521 Hey, you know, those planes are probably filled with women of childbearing age. 256 00:13:33,605 --> 00:13:35,691 So… 257 00:13:35,774 --> 00:13:40,696 So I'm back to Shoppers to pick up as many pads and tampons as they have. 258 00:13:41,530 --> 00:13:44,241 The Baptist church needs a hand moving their pews. 259 00:13:44,324 --> 00:13:48,078 Dr. O'Brien down at the pharmacy is ready to fill any prescriptions. 260 00:13:48,161 --> 00:13:51,999 And the Lions Club is looking for some toilet paper, if you have any extra. 261 00:13:52,082 --> 00:13:53,250 - Medicine - Toothpaste 262 00:13:53,333 --> 00:13:54,334 - Underwear - Aspirin 263 00:13:54,418 --> 00:13:56,170 Jackets Our kids grew out of last summer 264 00:13:56,253 --> 00:13:58,172 Down at the station We're taking donations 265 00:13:58,255 --> 00:14:00,132 - Out by the door - Holy Jesus, there's more 266 00:14:00,215 --> 00:14:01,758 It's better than being at home alone 267 00:14:01,842 --> 00:14:04,052 - Wondering what's really happening - Everyone's phoning 268 00:14:04,136 --> 00:14:05,679 We're setting up rooms in the schools 269 00:14:05,762 --> 00:14:07,848 Been crying all afternoon Wondering what can be done 270 00:14:07,931 --> 00:14:08,974 What do we need? 271 00:14:09,057 --> 00:14:10,977 - I made a tray of sandwiches. - We need 50 more. 272 00:14:11,059 --> 00:14:12,060 - Sandwiches? - Trays! 273 00:14:12,144 --> 00:14:13,145 What do we need? 274 00:14:13,228 --> 00:14:14,521 200 gym mats. Is that enough? 275 00:14:14,605 --> 00:14:16,023 You tell me and we'll both know. 276 00:14:16,106 --> 00:14:17,107 What do we need? 277 00:14:17,191 --> 00:14:20,235 For the love of God, stop bringing toilet paper to the Lions Club! 278 00:14:21,862 --> 00:14:23,155 How do you know what you need 279 00:14:23,238 --> 00:14:25,324 When you don't know How many you're needing to feed? 280 00:14:25,407 --> 00:14:26,718 When you don't know How many are staying 281 00:14:26,742 --> 00:14:27,743 How long they are staying 282 00:14:27,826 --> 00:14:29,626 We better start praying The weather stays nice 283 00:14:29,703 --> 00:14:31,872 In the winter, from the water Through the wind 284 00:14:31,955 --> 00:14:33,248 In the winter, from the water 285 00:14:33,332 --> 00:14:35,501 In the winter, from the water Through the wind 286 00:14:35,584 --> 00:14:37,127 In the winter, from the water 287 00:14:37,211 --> 00:14:41,298 If a stranger ends up sent by fate 288 00:14:41,381 --> 00:14:42,424 Are we gonna be ready? 289 00:14:42,508 --> 00:14:45,093 Well, we have to be, don't we? 290 00:14:46,386 --> 00:14:48,555 When you include the original flight, 291 00:14:48,639 --> 00:14:51,308 we were on the plane for probably 12, 13 hours. 292 00:14:51,391 --> 00:14:52,935 We were on there 15 hours. 293 00:14:53,018 --> 00:14:54,061 Twenty hours. 294 00:14:54,144 --> 00:14:55,604 Twenty-eight hours. 295 00:14:55,687 --> 00:14:58,524 We were on the plane for over an entire day. 296 00:15:00,943 --> 00:15:04,571 Twenty-eight hours 297 00:15:04,655 --> 00:15:08,158 Over an entire day 298 00:15:08,242 --> 00:15:11,537 There was one aisle in the middle 299 00:15:11,620 --> 00:15:15,082 Everyone knew every inch of that plane 300 00:15:15,165 --> 00:15:17,751 - We were allowed out of our seats… - Twenty-eight hours… 301 00:15:17,835 --> 00:15:19,086 …but not off the plane. 302 00:15:19,169 --> 00:15:22,548 You never think about it, but airplane doors are 20 feet in the air. 303 00:15:22,631 --> 00:15:25,509 And even if you survived the jump, they probably would've shot you. 304 00:15:25,592 --> 00:15:27,511 Everyone knew every inch of that plane. 305 00:15:27,594 --> 00:15:30,222 You could go up to first class. You could stretch in the aisles. 306 00:15:30,305 --> 00:15:33,433 Our flight was full. There were children sleeping on the floor. 307 00:15:33,517 --> 00:15:35,394 It had three seats on each side. 308 00:15:35,477 --> 00:15:37,855 There was only one aisle in the middle. 309 00:15:37,938 --> 00:15:39,523 We had no way to get information. 310 00:15:39,606 --> 00:15:41,859 This was before most people had mobile phones, 311 00:15:41,942 --> 00:15:44,903 - and only a couple people got through. - …every inch of that plane 312 00:15:45,445 --> 00:15:47,114 - Hello? - Mom? 313 00:15:47,197 --> 00:15:48,866 - Bonjour. - Operator? 314 00:15:48,949 --> 00:15:50,325 Tom? 315 00:15:50,409 --> 00:15:53,287 Thank God I finally got through 316 00:15:53,370 --> 00:15:56,748 I borrowed a passenger's phone How are you? 317 00:15:57,666 --> 00:15:59,459 Are the kids okay? 318 00:15:59,543 --> 00:16:01,503 No, I'm fine, Tom 319 00:16:01,587 --> 00:16:03,881 I'm fine 320 00:16:03,964 --> 00:16:07,718 Safe and sound on the ground Here in Newfoundland 321 00:16:07,801 --> 00:16:10,888 We don't know much Except for the BBC... 322 00:16:10,971 --> 00:16:13,891 Listen, I can't talk long 323 00:16:13,974 --> 00:16:16,768 Can you do something for me? 324 00:16:16,852 --> 00:16:18,562 - I'm okay. - I'm fine. 325 00:16:18,645 --> 00:16:20,272 - Oui. Bien. - Pick up. 326 00:16:20,355 --> 00:16:22,983 Tell the kids I'm all right 327 00:16:23,066 --> 00:16:27,154 Take them into the kitchen 328 00:16:27,863 --> 00:16:34,369 And show them the map That we used to put pins in 329 00:16:35,078 --> 00:16:41,710 For each destination That we flew together 330 00:16:42,211 --> 00:16:44,880 Tell them I'm fine 331 00:16:44,963 --> 00:16:49,760 Put a pin here in Gander 332 00:16:49,843 --> 00:16:52,721 - On our plane, someone has a mobile phone. - But then the battery dies. 333 00:16:52,804 --> 00:16:55,284 - There are phones in back of the seats. - But they don't work. 334 00:16:55,349 --> 00:16:57,476 Half the passengers on our plane don't speak English. 335 00:16:57,559 --> 00:17:00,437 Even if we knew what was happening, we don't speak their language. 336 00:17:00,521 --> 00:17:02,356 On our plane, we ask the flight attendants. 337 00:17:02,439 --> 00:17:05,901 But the captain says not to say too much, and that's when rumors start flying. 338 00:17:05,983 --> 00:17:07,420 - There was an accident. - An accident? 339 00:17:07,444 --> 00:17:10,280 - The US airspace is closed. - For the first time in history. 340 00:17:10,364 --> 00:17:12,115 Why won't she tell us what's happening? 341 00:17:12,199 --> 00:17:14,052 - A helicopter crashed in Pennsylvania. - Into a building. 342 00:17:14,076 --> 00:17:16,161 - Into the White House! - The White House was bombed! 343 00:17:16,244 --> 00:17:18,247 - We need to do something! - Everyone, calm down! 344 00:17:18,329 --> 00:17:19,873 Oh, my God! It's World War III! 345 00:17:20,707 --> 00:17:24,002 Meanwhile on our plane We didn't have a clue 346 00:17:24,086 --> 00:17:27,256 - We were all going insane because - There wasn't squat to do 347 00:17:27,339 --> 00:17:29,675 Then the captain starts apologizing 348 00:17:29,758 --> 00:17:33,387 Says, "On behalf of the airline I'm giving each and everyone some"… 349 00:17:33,470 --> 00:17:34,805 Complimentary booze 350 00:17:34,888 --> 00:17:38,600 Open the airplane doors Wave at all the cars 351 00:17:38,684 --> 00:17:41,812 Hello to whoever you are 352 00:17:41,895 --> 00:17:43,021 Wherever we are 353 00:17:43,105 --> 00:17:45,148 The ground crews supplied whatever we needed. 354 00:17:45,232 --> 00:17:46,942 - Nicotine patches. - Medication. 355 00:17:47,025 --> 00:17:49,278 - Pampers. - Something to drink! 356 00:17:49,361 --> 00:17:53,031 So the flight attendants brought out All the mini bottles of liquor 357 00:17:53,115 --> 00:17:55,075 And delivered them to everyone 358 00:17:55,158 --> 00:17:56,827 Soon everyone got friendlier 359 00:17:56,910 --> 00:18:00,581 I took a couple of pictures Of the view there with my camera 360 00:18:00,664 --> 00:18:03,792 - We didn't know where we were - But we knew that we were hammered 361 00:18:03,876 --> 00:18:07,880 Open the airplane doors Wave at all the locals 362 00:18:07,963 --> 00:18:10,924 Surely there's something Better to do than park 363 00:18:11,008 --> 00:18:12,009 Wherever we are 364 00:18:15,596 --> 00:18:18,932 We'd been sitting there for 14 hours when we pull out the Grey Goose. 365 00:18:19,016 --> 00:18:20,976 Kevin and I were kind of hiding it, because... 366 00:18:21,059 --> 00:18:22,686 'Cause we didn't wanna share it. 367 00:18:23,228 --> 00:18:27,941 Anyway, this woman, this hot mess behind us, kept completely freaking out. 368 00:18:28,025 --> 00:18:30,944 Yeah, I don't understand why they can't let us off. 369 00:18:31,028 --> 00:18:34,031 I mean, just to stretch our legs. I mean, really? 370 00:18:34,114 --> 00:18:35,741 I need to get some air. 371 00:18:35,824 --> 00:18:38,702 Oh, my God. I need to get off this plane! 372 00:18:38,785 --> 00:18:40,120 And my boyfriend, Kevin… 373 00:18:41,288 --> 00:18:43,665 We're both named Kevin. It was cute for a while. 374 00:18:43,749 --> 00:18:45,626 Anyway, Kevin was not dealing with it well. 375 00:18:45,709 --> 00:18:46,710 I'm going to kill her. 376 00:18:47,586 --> 00:18:50,672 Excuse me! I would like to get off the plane. 377 00:18:50,756 --> 00:18:52,382 I am claustrophobic! 378 00:18:52,466 --> 00:18:55,093 Excuse me. Would you like some Xanax? 379 00:18:55,177 --> 00:18:57,596 Because you're freaking out, and it is freaking me out, 380 00:18:57,679 --> 00:18:59,890 and we are all freaking the freak out! 381 00:18:59,973 --> 00:19:03,852 Open the airplane doors Let a little air in here 382 00:19:03,936 --> 00:19:07,231 - 'Cause I could use a shower or a bar - Or a bar 383 00:19:07,314 --> 00:19:11,193 Open the airplane doors Look at all the planes out there 384 00:19:11,276 --> 00:19:14,446 There must be a convention It's bizarre 385 00:19:14,530 --> 00:19:16,198 - Wherever we are - Twenty-eight hours 386 00:19:16,281 --> 00:19:18,575 - Twenty-eight hours - Out of the windows 387 00:19:18,659 --> 00:19:20,452 - Twenty-eight hours - Twenty-eight hours 388 00:19:20,536 --> 00:19:22,287 Nothing but darkness 389 00:19:22,371 --> 00:19:23,932 - Twenty-eight hours - Twenty-eight hours 390 00:19:23,956 --> 00:19:25,749 Darkness and headlights 391 00:19:25,832 --> 00:19:27,432 - Twenty-eight hours - Twenty-eight hours 392 00:19:27,459 --> 00:19:29,628 Nothing to see 393 00:19:29,711 --> 00:19:32,506 Hello? It's Bonnie Harris down at the Gander SPCA. 394 00:19:32,589 --> 00:19:36,301 I went down with the rest of the town to look at all those planes. 395 00:19:36,385 --> 00:19:37,386 Yeah. We are. 396 00:19:37,469 --> 00:19:40,347 Well, I got to wondering if there weren't any animals on them. 397 00:19:41,139 --> 00:19:42,140 No? 398 00:19:42,224 --> 00:19:44,351 There's no animals on those planes? 399 00:19:44,434 --> 00:19:45,936 Not a one? 400 00:19:46,019 --> 00:19:48,730 Yeah. Okay, then. Thank you for your time. 401 00:19:48,814 --> 00:19:49,815 Doug. 402 00:19:49,898 --> 00:19:51,900 Doug, are there animals on those planes? 403 00:19:52,484 --> 00:19:53,485 Probably? 404 00:19:53,569 --> 00:19:56,238 "Probably"? Are they "probably" feeding them then? 405 00:19:56,321 --> 00:19:58,490 - I'm heading over. - Bonnie, there's armed guards. 406 00:19:58,574 --> 00:19:59,825 The army. Police everywhere. 407 00:19:59,908 --> 00:20:01,702 Well, then they'll have to shoot me. 408 00:20:02,286 --> 00:20:04,037 Bonnie? Bonnie! 409 00:20:05,122 --> 00:20:06,456 - Garth. Look. - Claude. Look. 410 00:20:06,540 --> 00:20:09,585 - Look at it from my perspective. - Will you look at it from my perspective? 411 00:20:09,668 --> 00:20:12,671 - We've been coming to the table! - We've been coming to the table too. 412 00:20:12,754 --> 00:20:16,383 We got the college, the churches, and we got the hotels for the crews. 413 00:20:16,466 --> 00:20:18,719 But we need your school buses! 414 00:20:18,802 --> 00:20:21,346 We got no effing way to get them there. 415 00:20:21,430 --> 00:20:24,850 Well, why don't you take 'em in your car? 416 00:20:24,933 --> 00:20:26,852 Yeah, I can fit four in my Corolla. 417 00:20:26,935 --> 00:20:28,621 - That's a great start. - That's a great start. 418 00:20:28,645 --> 00:20:30,397 - Great. Think about it. - Great. No, you. 419 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:33,233 - You think about it. - You think about it! 420 00:20:33,317 --> 00:20:34,443 Jesus! 421 00:20:34,943 --> 00:20:38,280 2:10 p.m. School bus drivers thinking about leaving the picket lines. 422 00:20:38,363 --> 00:20:42,701 What's the point of an emergency if no one treats it like an effing emergency? 423 00:20:44,077 --> 00:20:45,537 And you can quote me on that. 424 00:20:46,747 --> 00:20:49,499 The flight attendants keep telling us nothing's wrong. 425 00:20:49,583 --> 00:20:53,754 But I got kids, and I got grandkids. I know when someone's hiding something. 426 00:20:53,837 --> 00:20:57,132 And when parents need their kids to stop asking questions, 427 00:20:57,216 --> 00:20:58,592 they start playing movies. 428 00:20:58,675 --> 00:21:01,053 We ran through every movie we had. 429 00:21:01,136 --> 00:21:03,805 Legally Blonde, Dr. Dolittle 2… 430 00:21:05,224 --> 00:21:06,350 and Titanic. 431 00:21:08,435 --> 00:21:13,899 Near, far, wherever you... 432 00:21:13,982 --> 00:21:16,527 Nothing to do Nothing to see 433 00:21:16,610 --> 00:21:21,448 Thank God we stopped At the duty-free 434 00:21:21,532 --> 00:21:22,533 Wherever we are 435 00:21:22,616 --> 00:21:23,867 Do you mind if I sit here? 436 00:21:23,951 --> 00:21:27,412 I need to get some work done, and there's some drunk people at the back of the plane 437 00:21:27,496 --> 00:21:29,540 singing at the top of their lungs. 438 00:21:29,623 --> 00:21:30,916 No, of course. 439 00:21:35,420 --> 00:21:37,631 - I'm Diane. - Nick. 440 00:21:37,714 --> 00:21:39,132 How are you doing? 441 00:21:40,008 --> 00:21:42,219 I'm worried about someone. 442 00:21:42,302 --> 00:21:43,929 He was flying today. 443 00:21:44,012 --> 00:21:47,015 I just wish there was some way to tell him where I am. 444 00:21:47,099 --> 00:21:48,225 Newfoundland. 445 00:21:48,308 --> 00:21:51,186 No, you know that. You just can't tell him. Right. 446 00:21:51,270 --> 00:21:52,771 I'm hoping you're one of those people 447 00:21:52,855 --> 00:21:55,315 who laughs when English people say awkward things. 448 00:21:55,816 --> 00:21:58,360 - I just wish we knew what was happening. - What's happening? 449 00:21:58,443 --> 00:21:59,570 What's happening? 450 00:21:59,653 --> 00:22:01,113 Somewhere in between 451 00:22:01,196 --> 00:22:03,031 - Your life - And your work 452 00:22:03,115 --> 00:22:06,118 When the world may be falling apart 453 00:22:06,201 --> 00:22:07,202 And you think 454 00:22:07,286 --> 00:22:09,580 - I'm alone - I'm alone 455 00:22:09,663 --> 00:22:11,540 And I'm so damn helpless 456 00:22:11,623 --> 00:22:15,169 There's nothing left to do but drink 457 00:22:15,252 --> 00:22:18,922 We open the airplane doors Flash all the cars 458 00:22:19,673 --> 00:22:22,551 I've never done that before 459 00:22:22,634 --> 00:22:24,928 Twenty-eight hours gone 460 00:22:25,012 --> 00:22:26,722 Over an entire day 461 00:22:26,805 --> 00:22:28,390 Running out of things to say 462 00:22:28,473 --> 00:22:32,019 And wondering If there's someone going to clue us in 463 00:22:32,102 --> 00:22:33,896 Tell us all what's happening 464 00:22:33,979 --> 00:22:37,232 Because the sun is setting And we're sitting in the dark 465 00:22:37,316 --> 00:22:38,317 Wherever we are 466 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:42,196 Later that night, I'm up in the cockpit with some of the other passengers 467 00:22:42,279 --> 00:22:45,490 when the pilot puts the radio on over the intercom, 468 00:22:45,574 --> 00:22:49,703 and the whole plane goes silent when the president gives his speech. 469 00:22:50,662 --> 00:22:54,875 I ask the American people to join me in saying a thanks 470 00:22:54,958 --> 00:22:58,378 for all the folks who have been fighting hard to rescue our fellow citizens, 471 00:22:59,087 --> 00:23:02,674 and to join me in saying a prayer for the victims and their families. 472 00:23:03,217 --> 00:23:05,844 The resolve of our great nation is being tested. 473 00:23:05,928 --> 00:23:07,054 But make no mistake: 474 00:23:07,137 --> 00:23:09,973 We will show the world that we will pass this test. 475 00:23:10,516 --> 00:23:11,600 God bless. 476 00:23:12,476 --> 00:23:14,603 You got through to the airline 477 00:23:14,686 --> 00:23:16,396 Tom, I'm okay 478 00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:18,941 Tell me what's happening out there 479 00:23:19,024 --> 00:23:22,236 How bad is it? Tell me everything 480 00:23:22,319 --> 00:23:25,697 Tom, who was in the air? 481 00:23:26,448 --> 00:23:29,076 No, no, I wouldn't have known them 482 00:23:30,118 --> 00:23:33,121 No, no one on that airline 483 00:23:35,499 --> 00:23:38,043 Charles? Are you sure? 484 00:23:43,382 --> 00:23:48,554 No, I'm fine, Tom I'm fine 485 00:23:49,471 --> 00:23:51,515 We can see 'em from the plane, 486 00:23:51,598 --> 00:23:54,434 this long line of headlights coming through the darkness. 487 00:23:54,518 --> 00:23:55,811 Claude, can I have a word? 488 00:23:55,894 --> 00:23:58,146 I don't have time to go in circles with you anymore. 489 00:23:58,230 --> 00:24:00,110 I got the army delivering a thousand less cots... 490 00:24:00,148 --> 00:24:03,110 Look, the union just voted. You got your buses. 491 00:24:03,193 --> 00:24:04,695 Our complaint's with our employer. 492 00:24:04,778 --> 00:24:06,822 - Not with the people on those planes. - Thank you. 493 00:24:06,905 --> 00:24:09,199 But we're back on the line the minute this is over. 494 00:24:09,283 --> 00:24:10,284 Right. 495 00:24:11,451 --> 00:24:12,619 Off of the airplane 496 00:24:12,703 --> 00:24:14,913 Ladies and gentlemen, take only your carry-on items. 497 00:24:14,997 --> 00:24:17,332 Checked luggage will remain in the hold. 498 00:24:17,416 --> 00:24:18,500 Into the airport 499 00:24:18,584 --> 00:24:20,627 The captain and flight attendants tell everyone 500 00:24:20,711 --> 00:24:23,046 to take their blankets and pillows off the plane. 501 00:24:23,130 --> 00:24:24,715 Out of the windows 502 00:24:24,798 --> 00:24:26,091 We grab bottles of water too. 503 00:24:26,175 --> 00:24:28,051 No one has any idea where they're taking us. 504 00:24:28,969 --> 00:24:31,805 Darkness and trees 505 00:24:31,889 --> 00:24:35,559 As we enter the airport, all those car lights are still aimed at us. 506 00:24:35,642 --> 00:24:38,437 We're scared. They're probably scared too. 507 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:41,106 The people here don't know what to expect off of these planes. 508 00:24:41,190 --> 00:24:43,942 The airport looks like something left over from the Cold War. 509 00:24:44,026 --> 00:24:46,403 - And Kevin's like… - Oh, my God. We've gone back in time. 510 00:24:46,486 --> 00:24:50,324 The whole procedure, the soldiers and all the formality, 511 00:24:50,407 --> 00:24:52,492 just makes me really nervous. 512 00:24:54,161 --> 00:24:55,954 - Citizenship? - American. 513 00:24:56,038 --> 00:24:57,039 British. 514 00:24:57,122 --> 00:24:58,540 Purpose of your trip? 515 00:24:58,624 --> 00:25:00,000 - Vacation. - A conference. 516 00:25:00,083 --> 00:25:01,084 Destination? 517 00:25:01,168 --> 00:25:02,419 - Dallas. - Texas. 518 00:25:02,503 --> 00:25:03,754 Thank you. 519 00:25:03,837 --> 00:25:04,838 Citizenship? 520 00:25:04,922 --> 00:25:06,590 - American. - Egyptian. 521 00:25:08,675 --> 00:25:09,968 Purpose of your trip? 522 00:25:10,052 --> 00:25:11,053 Family. 523 00:25:11,136 --> 00:25:12,262 Business, just business. 524 00:25:12,346 --> 00:25:13,722 Destination? 525 00:25:13,805 --> 00:25:15,849 - LA. - Dallas, then Washington, DC. 526 00:25:15,933 --> 00:25:18,352 - Thank you. - Could you come with me, sir? 527 00:25:21,897 --> 00:25:24,274 There's a giant map on the wall of the airport, 528 00:25:24,358 --> 00:25:27,194 and someone has written in red marker, "You are here." 529 00:25:27,277 --> 00:25:30,030 - Excuse me. I need to find a phone. - I need to call my son. 530 00:25:30,113 --> 00:25:32,741 Well, the phones are over there. But it's gonna be a while. 531 00:25:32,824 --> 00:25:35,244 They're all lined up at the airport pay phones, 532 00:25:35,327 --> 00:25:38,747 so eventually we put an "out of order" sign on 'em 533 00:25:39,456 --> 00:25:41,500 just so we can get people on the buses. 534 00:25:42,417 --> 00:25:44,044 11:48 p.m. 535 00:25:44,127 --> 00:25:47,798 Buses and drivers are now taking passengers to shelters. 536 00:25:47,881 --> 00:25:52,553 Not just in Gander, but also to Gambo, Appleton and farther communities 537 00:25:52,636 --> 00:25:55,222 of Lewisporte, Norris Arm, and Glenwood. 538 00:25:55,305 --> 00:25:58,100 - Our bus sits there forever. - While all the others leave. 539 00:25:58,183 --> 00:26:00,435 Finally, this other… passenger gets on. 540 00:26:00,519 --> 00:26:01,895 This guy from the Middle East. 541 00:26:01,979 --> 00:26:03,730 Someone says he got questioned. 542 00:26:03,814 --> 00:26:05,190 Someone says he got searched. 543 00:26:05,274 --> 00:26:07,734 And now he's on our bus. 544 00:26:08,485 --> 00:26:11,196 I try to interview the Red Cross, the Salvation Army, 545 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:13,866 but they've got more important things to do than talk to me. 546 00:26:14,449 --> 00:26:17,786 That's when I see them, the plane people, through the bus windows. 547 00:26:18,829 --> 00:26:20,664 The terror on their faces… 548 00:26:20,747 --> 00:26:22,749 They have no idea where they're going. 549 00:26:22,833 --> 00:26:24,668 They take me and my crew in a separate van. 550 00:26:24,751 --> 00:26:27,171 I'm looking out the window, trying to see where we are, 551 00:26:27,254 --> 00:26:29,214 but it is pitch-dark. 552 00:26:29,298 --> 00:26:33,135 Now, I have flown over this area hundreds and hundreds of times, 553 00:26:33,218 --> 00:26:36,889 and it is just darkness, hardly any lights anywhere. 554 00:26:36,972 --> 00:26:38,932 And now here I am. 555 00:26:39,016 --> 00:26:42,936 Oh, my God. This is just so remote! 556 00:26:43,020 --> 00:26:45,772 - Into the darkness - Stars and the moonlight 557 00:26:45,856 --> 00:26:48,734 - But all around us - Nothing but darkness 558 00:26:48,817 --> 00:26:51,570 - Out of the windows - Into the darkness 559 00:26:51,653 --> 00:26:58,535 Darkness and trees 560 00:26:59,411 --> 00:27:03,916 Every school bus we got is goin' back and forth all night. 561 00:27:05,083 --> 00:27:06,668 Out to the Salvation Army camp, 562 00:27:06,752 --> 00:27:10,214 we've delivered passengers from Germany, England and France. 563 00:27:11,298 --> 00:27:13,634 On around 3:00 in the morning, my bus is designated 564 00:27:13,717 --> 00:27:17,221 to take all these African people out there. 565 00:27:17,304 --> 00:27:18,514 Into the darkness 566 00:27:18,597 --> 00:27:21,600 My family and I try to see out the bus windows. 567 00:27:21,683 --> 00:27:23,602 No one tells us where we are going. 568 00:27:23,685 --> 00:27:24,686 Onto a gravel road 569 00:27:24,770 --> 00:27:26,063 Silence comes on the bus. 570 00:27:26,146 --> 00:27:28,941 We get outside of Gander, and you could hear a pin drop. 571 00:27:29,024 --> 00:27:31,193 - And all around us - My wife and daughter are scared. 572 00:27:31,276 --> 00:27:33,946 They ask me what is happening, and I do not know. 573 00:27:34,029 --> 00:27:36,740 - Behind me, this big man comes up to me… - Darkness and trees 574 00:27:36,823 --> 00:27:38,575 …and he says in this low voice… 575 00:27:42,371 --> 00:27:43,372 What? 576 00:27:44,331 --> 00:27:47,292 Ladies and gentlemen, we need some help translating. 577 00:27:47,376 --> 00:27:51,380 If anyone speaks Mandarin, can you come to the library? 578 00:27:51,463 --> 00:27:55,676 And if anyone speaks Hindi, could you please come to the cafeteria? 579 00:27:55,759 --> 00:27:57,928 And if anyone speaks Newfoundlander, 580 00:27:58,011 --> 00:28:00,556 well, Lard tunderin' Jaysus, God bless ya, b'y. 581 00:28:01,265 --> 00:28:04,268 We've got passengers from all over the world coming off these buses, 582 00:28:04,351 --> 00:28:06,770 all speaking different languages. We can't even say hello. 583 00:28:06,854 --> 00:28:08,981 - And if anyone knows... We think it's... - Moldovan. 584 00:28:09,064 --> 00:28:11,066 Moldovan, that would also be helpful. 585 00:28:11,149 --> 00:28:12,985 Other passengers help us translate. 586 00:28:13,068 --> 00:28:16,363 Mrs. Noonan, our French teacher, turns out to know a little Russian. 587 00:28:16,446 --> 00:28:19,283 And Mr. Michaels, our gym teacher... 588 00:28:19,366 --> 00:28:21,159 Apparently he speaks Spanish. 589 00:28:39,595 --> 00:28:41,221 I'm sorry, what was I saying? 590 00:28:41,305 --> 00:28:43,140 I said you got five minutes, Bonnie. 591 00:28:43,223 --> 00:28:45,309 There are hundreds of suitcases. 592 00:28:45,392 --> 00:28:48,729 I can hear barking, but I can't find 'em. 593 00:28:48,812 --> 00:28:51,398 They fast them before flying, so they are starving, 594 00:28:51,481 --> 00:28:52,482 and they need water. 595 00:28:52,566 --> 00:28:56,153 Sir? Sir! Doug. 596 00:28:56,236 --> 00:28:59,573 You gotta get out of there. We're keeping all personnel out of the holds until... 597 00:28:59,656 --> 00:29:01,366 Sorry, Dwight. It's the wife. 598 00:29:01,450 --> 00:29:02,910 You know, Bonnie, from the SPCA? 599 00:29:02,993 --> 00:29:05,193 She's feeding some animals inside. Nothing's coming off. 600 00:29:05,704 --> 00:29:08,832 I found a cat. His name is Lyle. 601 00:29:08,916 --> 00:29:11,418 There's a pill taped to his carrier. 602 00:29:11,502 --> 00:29:13,670 Well, I'm glad I got in here to give it to him. 603 00:29:13,754 --> 00:29:14,922 It's okay, Lyle. 604 00:29:15,005 --> 00:29:16,798 Bonnie, I need you to get out of there. 605 00:29:16,882 --> 00:29:18,425 Bonnie, you gotta move your arse! 606 00:29:18,509 --> 00:29:22,387 Doug, I have found one cat. Do you think it's Lyle who's barking? 607 00:29:23,347 --> 00:29:24,348 No. 608 00:29:24,431 --> 00:29:27,267 Here's some crunchy, Lyle. I'll be back to give you your pill. 609 00:29:27,351 --> 00:29:30,854 Listen to me. FAA sent over new orders. 610 00:29:30,938 --> 00:29:33,774 We're treating all US planes as bomb threats. 611 00:29:33,857 --> 00:29:35,901 - Oh, God. Bonnie! - Doug! Doug! 612 00:29:35,984 --> 00:29:40,822 - What? Bonnie? Bonnie, talk to me. - Doug! There are monkeys on this plane. 613 00:29:43,534 --> 00:29:45,494 - Climb aboard. - Hop right in. 614 00:29:45,577 --> 00:29:47,913 - You look some tired. - Nothing to worry about now. 615 00:29:47,996 --> 00:29:49,456 We'll get you where you're going. 616 00:29:49,540 --> 00:29:51,750 I'm guessing you never heard of Gander before. 617 00:29:51,834 --> 00:29:54,086 Well, that's it in the rearview mirror. 618 00:29:54,169 --> 00:29:56,296 You'll need to reset your watches. 619 00:29:56,380 --> 00:29:58,382 We've got our own time zone here. 620 00:29:58,465 --> 00:30:01,093 Everything happens half an hour later in Newfoundland. 621 00:30:01,176 --> 00:30:05,055 You've all seen the airport. Used to be the biggest airport in North America. 622 00:30:05,138 --> 00:30:07,432 Planes used to stop here to gas up from everywhere. 623 00:30:08,016 --> 00:30:11,144 - Frank Sinatra. Albert Einstein. - Muhammad Ali. 624 00:30:11,228 --> 00:30:12,229 The Queen. 625 00:30:12,312 --> 00:30:15,023 This is where the Beatles first set foot in North America. 626 00:30:15,107 --> 00:30:18,026 My father once went sledding with Fidel Castro. 627 00:30:18,110 --> 00:30:21,738 Then they invented jet planes that can get across the ocean on one tank. 628 00:30:21,822 --> 00:30:23,782 So there's no need to refuel anymore. 629 00:30:23,866 --> 00:30:25,742 Leaving us with this giant airport. 630 00:30:25,826 --> 00:30:27,870 There's talk lately about tearing it down. 631 00:30:27,953 --> 00:30:30,372 Lucky for you, we haven't got around to it yet. 632 00:30:32,541 --> 00:30:34,626 Now, there's the reason I drive slow. 633 00:30:35,294 --> 00:30:37,337 That there in the middle of the road… 634 00:30:38,088 --> 00:30:40,507 Yeah, that's a moose. 635 00:30:49,933 --> 00:30:51,935 She'll move when she's good and ready. 636 00:30:57,065 --> 00:30:58,483 Mind if I sit here? 637 00:30:58,567 --> 00:31:01,028 The drunk people from our plane are snoring back there. 638 00:31:01,111 --> 00:31:02,988 Hello, Nick. Please do. 639 00:31:03,780 --> 00:31:05,324 I thought we'd lost you. 640 00:31:05,407 --> 00:31:08,243 No. I just needed to get an emergency prescription filled. 641 00:31:08,327 --> 00:31:10,204 My medication's in my suitcase. 642 00:31:10,746 --> 00:31:12,039 Nothing serious. 643 00:31:12,915 --> 00:31:15,375 Not like, "Oh, my God, he's off his medication!" 644 00:31:17,211 --> 00:31:19,463 - I'll stop talking now. - It's fine. 645 00:31:20,339 --> 00:31:23,717 It's heart medication. I've got a slight arrhythmia. Nothing serious. 646 00:31:25,469 --> 00:31:27,679 There you go, everything you need to know about me. 647 00:31:27,763 --> 00:31:28,764 Okay. 648 00:31:29,890 --> 00:31:34,603 Well, I'm allergic to bananas. And I've never had the chicken pox. 649 00:31:35,687 --> 00:31:38,273 Any news yet about your husband who was flying today? 650 00:31:38,357 --> 00:31:40,317 My... No. 651 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:42,486 Do you mind if we just don't talk about that? 652 00:31:42,569 --> 00:31:44,863 I haven't been able to get to a phone. 653 00:31:44,947 --> 00:31:46,031 I'm sorry. 654 00:31:46,114 --> 00:31:50,911 I'll help you find a phone as soon as we get… wherever we're going. 655 00:31:50,994 --> 00:31:56,333 Finally, out of the darkness, my bus arrives at the Salvation Army camp. 656 00:31:59,002 --> 00:32:01,839 We pass through a large gate, and the bus pulls to a stop. 657 00:32:03,090 --> 00:32:05,968 And through the windows, out there in the darkness, 658 00:32:06,051 --> 00:32:08,512 we see all these people coming out of the buildings. 659 00:32:10,222 --> 00:32:12,057 Now, we rarely use 'em, 660 00:32:12,140 --> 00:32:16,019 but everyone's dusted off their Salvation Army uniforms 661 00:32:16,103 --> 00:32:17,271 to welcome these people. 662 00:32:17,354 --> 00:32:19,398 There are soldiers everywhere. 663 00:32:22,150 --> 00:32:24,236 The man at the front opens the door. 664 00:32:24,319 --> 00:32:26,864 I say, "Here you are. Out you go." 665 00:32:26,947 --> 00:32:29,032 But he's not moving. None of 'em are. 666 00:32:33,161 --> 00:32:36,123 But then I notice his wife, well, she's clutching a Bible. 667 00:32:36,206 --> 00:32:37,624 Now, obviously, I can't read it. 668 00:32:37,708 --> 00:32:41,503 But their Bible, it'll have the same number system ours does. 669 00:32:41,587 --> 00:32:45,174 So I ask… to see it. 670 00:32:48,677 --> 00:32:51,889 And I'm searching for something here. 671 00:32:51,972 --> 00:32:56,101 And then, in Philippians 4:6. 672 00:32:56,185 --> 00:33:00,856 I give them their Bible, and I'm pointing, saying, "Look, Philippians 4:6." 673 00:33:01,899 --> 00:33:03,734 "Be anxious for nothing." 674 00:33:06,195 --> 00:33:09,031 "Be anxious for nothing." 675 00:33:12,201 --> 00:33:15,412 And that's how we started speaking the same language. 676 00:33:17,789 --> 00:33:19,958 Out of the darkness 677 00:33:20,542 --> 00:33:22,920 Suddenly brightness 678 00:33:23,462 --> 00:33:25,714 Everything changes 679 00:33:26,340 --> 00:33:28,592 Darkness and trees 680 00:33:29,218 --> 00:33:31,470 Out of the darkness 681 00:33:32,095 --> 00:33:35,891 Suddenly light 682 00:33:36,391 --> 00:33:40,854 Welcome to Gander Academy, nicest hotel on the east coast. 683 00:33:41,522 --> 00:33:43,065 Except for those with actual beds. 684 00:33:43,649 --> 00:33:46,401 My name's Beulah. Washrooms are just down the hall, 685 00:33:46,485 --> 00:33:49,363 and there's food over there if you're hungry 686 00:33:49,446 --> 00:33:52,115 and clothes if you'd like to change. 687 00:33:52,199 --> 00:33:54,076 I'll show you now where you're gonna sleep. 688 00:33:54,159 --> 00:33:57,287 Let us know if there's anything else you need. 689 00:33:57,371 --> 00:33:59,164 So, what really happened? 690 00:33:59,248 --> 00:34:00,749 What's the last thing you heard? 691 00:34:00,832 --> 00:34:02,626 There was an accident in New York. 692 00:34:03,961 --> 00:34:07,256 Okay. I'm gonna show you now to your rooms. 693 00:34:07,339 --> 00:34:09,466 And then, if you want, you can come back. 694 00:34:09,550 --> 00:34:13,053 We got two TVs set up in the cafeteria with the news on, 695 00:34:13,136 --> 00:34:16,889 so you can see what's actually happened for yourselves. 696 00:34:18,809 --> 00:34:20,018 I didn't even think. 697 00:34:21,103 --> 00:34:22,646 They haven't seen any of it yet. 698 00:34:22,728 --> 00:34:25,190 Lead us out of the darkness 699 00:34:25,274 --> 00:34:27,525 We were all staring at those images. 700 00:34:27,609 --> 00:34:29,902 And we just stand, helpless, watching 'em. 701 00:34:30,487 --> 00:34:33,031 Lead us somewhere to safety 702 00:34:33,114 --> 00:34:37,286 We barely know where we are, but we know it's not there. 703 00:34:37,911 --> 00:34:42,165 Lead us far from disaster 704 00:34:42,748 --> 00:34:45,377 Charles Burlingame was the captain of Flight 77 705 00:34:45,460 --> 00:34:47,045 that crashed into the Pentagon. 706 00:34:47,795 --> 00:34:50,757 I just saw him at a pub in London. 707 00:34:51,842 --> 00:34:52,842 You can't imagine. 708 00:34:52,926 --> 00:34:57,054 A pilot will fight to the ends of the earth to save his airplane. 709 00:34:58,056 --> 00:34:59,516 He just will. 710 00:35:00,767 --> 00:35:07,608 Lead us out of the night 711 00:35:09,943 --> 00:35:11,612 We watch those images for hours. 712 00:35:14,865 --> 00:35:17,826 Until someone finally turns it off. 713 00:35:20,412 --> 00:35:22,039 1:15 a.m. 714 00:35:22,581 --> 00:35:24,124 - Wednesday. - September 12th. 715 00:35:24,208 --> 00:35:27,377 Crisis counselors are called to Gander Academy. 716 00:35:27,461 --> 00:35:31,965 The plane people, they're exhausted, but they don't wanna sleep. 717 00:35:32,049 --> 00:35:35,177 And we're standing there, ready with all that food. 718 00:35:35,260 --> 00:35:37,638 But that's not what they wanted. 719 00:35:37,721 --> 00:35:39,056 They wanted phones. 720 00:35:39,556 --> 00:35:40,933 1:45 a.m. 721 00:35:41,016 --> 00:35:42,434 Six phones are put on tables 722 00:35:42,518 --> 00:35:44,686 for the plane people to use free of charge, 723 00:35:44,770 --> 00:35:46,980 lined up alongside the road by the NewTel building. 724 00:35:47,064 --> 00:35:49,525 An hour later, they set up 20 more phones. 725 00:35:49,608 --> 00:35:53,737 An hour after that, there's 75 phones and computers with Internet, 726 00:35:53,820 --> 00:35:55,948 all being used round the clock. 727 00:35:56,031 --> 00:35:58,367 Hello? Yes, it's me. 728 00:35:58,951 --> 00:36:00,911 Dad, I'm okay It's okay 729 00:36:00,994 --> 00:36:02,704 I'm calling from Canada 730 00:36:03,288 --> 00:36:06,124 Safe and sound on the ground Here in Iceland 731 00:36:06,208 --> 00:36:07,626 - No, Newfoundland. - Yeah. 732 00:36:07,709 --> 00:36:09,837 We just saw the news 733 00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:12,631 - Have you heard yet from Kev? - Or Celena? 734 00:36:12,714 --> 00:36:14,508 - Call Micah - And Lauren 735 00:36:14,591 --> 00:36:15,676 - My parents - My aunt 736 00:36:15,759 --> 00:36:17,511 It's Di 737 00:36:17,594 --> 00:36:20,097 No, I'm fine Where's David? 738 00:36:21,682 --> 00:36:23,100 Thank God. 739 00:36:23,183 --> 00:36:24,852 Hello. It's Nick Marson. 740 00:36:24,935 --> 00:36:26,937 My plane's been diverted. 741 00:36:27,020 --> 00:36:29,648 Can you pass on to someone at head office that I'm fine? 742 00:36:31,149 --> 00:36:33,819 No, no. I just thought someone should know. 743 00:36:34,653 --> 00:36:36,238 3:45 a.m. 744 00:36:36,321 --> 00:36:41,910 Overnight, the community's population has gone from approximately 9,000 to 16,000. 745 00:36:41,994 --> 00:36:44,121 I'm sure barely any of us have slept tonight. 746 00:36:44,204 --> 00:36:47,207 We're hopeful that our visitors will be back in the air come morning. 747 00:36:47,291 --> 00:36:51,253 I woke up from a dream, which I can't quite remember, 748 00:36:51,336 --> 00:36:54,423 but there was this music in it that I had heard somewhere before. 749 00:36:54,965 --> 00:36:59,428 I woke up from a dream that we were stuck in some backwater Canadian town 750 00:36:59,511 --> 00:37:01,221 and that my air mattress deflated. 751 00:37:01,763 --> 00:37:04,516 I woke up to the smell of freshly baked bread. 752 00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:07,186 4:00 a.m. in Newfoundland is breakfast time in Germany, 753 00:37:07,269 --> 00:37:09,980 and we got a lot of passengers here from Frankfurt, 754 00:37:10,063 --> 00:37:12,941 so breakfast starts at 4:00 a.m., and we start scrambling eggs. 755 00:37:13,025 --> 00:37:16,612 - Poached eggs, scrambled eggs, omelets. - Fried bologna. 756 00:37:16,695 --> 00:37:18,071 Something called "toutons." 757 00:37:18,155 --> 00:37:20,324 I saw a casserole dish I don't think I could lift. 758 00:37:20,407 --> 00:37:23,577 They made enough food to feed 7,000 people. 759 00:37:24,953 --> 00:37:26,663 It's like they never slept. 760 00:37:26,747 --> 00:37:29,249 There's this one man from the Middle East... 761 00:37:29,333 --> 00:37:32,669 Well, we don't really know. Hasn't said a word to a soul. 762 00:37:32,753 --> 00:37:35,589 And some of the other passengers are a little bit wary of him. 763 00:37:35,672 --> 00:37:38,634 So it's a little odd to find him poking around the kitchen... 764 00:37:38,717 --> 00:37:41,094 - Hello. - Hello. Can I help you with something? 765 00:37:41,178 --> 00:37:43,430 Yes. I would like to be of assistance with the food. 766 00:37:43,514 --> 00:37:44,848 - That's not necessary. - But I... 767 00:37:44,932 --> 00:37:46,683 You go out there and sit down. 768 00:37:47,226 --> 00:37:49,770 We've been going all night, but we can't stop. 769 00:37:49,853 --> 00:37:53,273 I splash some cold water on my face and just keep going. 770 00:37:53,357 --> 00:37:57,945 We've got 7,000 scared and angry people who don't wanna be here. 771 00:37:58,028 --> 00:37:59,613 And they're about to wake up. 772 00:38:00,489 --> 00:38:04,326 In a crowded room Filled with strangers sleeping 773 00:38:04,409 --> 00:38:08,247 An airplane blanket And pillow on the floor 774 00:38:08,330 --> 00:38:12,584 The sun comes streaming Through the window 775 00:38:12,668 --> 00:38:17,089 And I can't sleep anymore 776 00:38:17,172 --> 00:38:21,385 Staring at these strangers Waking up around me 777 00:38:21,468 --> 00:38:25,389 Sitting in a crowd of people Waiting for the phone 778 00:38:26,056 --> 00:38:29,434 And in a town That's suddenly doubled population 779 00:38:29,518 --> 00:38:33,897 I feel so alone 780 00:38:34,481 --> 00:38:38,610 It's like any of us Could have died on Tuesday 781 00:38:38,694 --> 00:38:41,780 And like we're dared To see things differently today 782 00:38:41,864 --> 00:38:43,365 - I'm feeling different - Distant 783 00:38:43,448 --> 00:38:45,075 - Strange - Who are these people here? 784 00:38:45,158 --> 00:38:47,452 - Where am I? - No one knows me here 785 00:38:47,536 --> 00:38:52,124 Who am I if I don't feel Like the me from yesterday? 786 00:38:52,207 --> 00:38:55,544 I wake up in a crowded room full of people sleeping on the floor, 787 00:38:55,627 --> 00:38:57,588 and I see Diane and ask, "Are we leaving?" 788 00:38:57,671 --> 00:38:59,089 Anytime now, yeah. 789 00:38:59,173 --> 00:39:00,257 Is your hair different? 790 00:39:01,300 --> 00:39:03,177 I mean, you look nice. I like it. 791 00:39:04,219 --> 00:39:07,681 Well, thank you. It's no shampoo for three days. 792 00:39:07,764 --> 00:39:10,142 They start handing out clothes to anyone who needs 'em. 793 00:39:10,225 --> 00:39:12,477 I haven't changed my clothes in 39 hours. 794 00:39:12,561 --> 00:39:14,354 I wanted to burn my socks. 795 00:39:15,105 --> 00:39:17,399 Kevin puts on this plaid thing. 796 00:39:17,482 --> 00:39:21,403 He says he's incognito and that he's going to blend in with the locals, 797 00:39:21,486 --> 00:39:23,572 but he just looks like a gay lumberjack. 798 00:39:25,616 --> 00:39:30,204 Changing into Another woman's donated set of clothes 799 00:39:30,287 --> 00:39:33,999 Looking different Feeling kinda different too 800 00:39:34,082 --> 00:39:36,418 - I can't quite explain - But when I woke 801 00:39:36,502 --> 00:39:38,462 When David wasn't on that plane 802 00:39:38,545 --> 00:39:42,883 It's like I changed into somebody else But who? 803 00:39:42,966 --> 00:39:46,595 And it's somehow like We're at a costume party 804 00:39:46,678 --> 00:39:49,640 And for a second you are not yourself 805 00:39:49,723 --> 00:39:51,391 You are not yourself 806 00:39:51,475 --> 00:39:53,769 And you look around And blink your eyes 807 00:39:53,852 --> 00:39:55,854 And barely even recognize 808 00:39:55,938 --> 00:40:00,776 The person in the mirror Who's turned into someone else 809 00:40:00,859 --> 00:40:02,486 Hey, little sister. 810 00:40:02,569 --> 00:40:05,822 Yeah, still here where they eat rainbows for breakfast. 811 00:40:05,906 --> 00:40:07,282 Are you taking care of Mom? 812 00:40:08,325 --> 00:40:10,953 I'm just freaking out. I wish I was home. 813 00:40:11,036 --> 00:40:13,413 No, not LA. Brooklyn. 814 00:40:13,497 --> 00:40:15,457 Shut up. You're such a brat. 815 00:40:15,541 --> 00:40:17,251 I just needed to hear your voice. 816 00:40:17,334 --> 00:40:20,170 - Excuse me. Are you Hannah? - Yeah, that's me. 817 00:40:20,254 --> 00:40:23,674 My name's Beulah. Someone told me your son's a firefighter. 818 00:40:23,757 --> 00:40:25,843 Yeah, mine is too, here in town. 819 00:40:25,926 --> 00:40:29,346 And I know Gander's not New York, but is there anything I can do? 820 00:40:29,429 --> 00:40:33,183 No. I just need to hear from my son. 821 00:40:33,267 --> 00:40:34,476 I understand. 822 00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:36,436 Praying for a phone call 823 00:40:36,520 --> 00:40:38,272 Praying for a way home 824 00:40:38,355 --> 00:40:39,857 Asking questions 825 00:40:39,940 --> 00:40:43,193 Asking, "Can I get back On that godforsaken plane?" 826 00:40:43,277 --> 00:40:45,320 And all around me, people chat 827 00:40:45,404 --> 00:40:47,865 And people act like nothing's happened 828 00:40:47,948 --> 00:40:53,120 And I need to hear we're going back Before I go insane 829 00:40:53,203 --> 00:40:55,497 Good morning. I'm Captain Beverley Bass. 830 00:40:55,581 --> 00:40:57,124 I know this is gonna be hard to hear. 831 00:40:57,207 --> 00:40:59,418 The American airspace remains closed. 832 00:40:59,501 --> 00:41:01,712 I can't tell y'all how long we'll be on the ground, 833 00:41:01,795 --> 00:41:03,505 but we are gonna be here for some time. 834 00:41:04,089 --> 00:41:06,133 - Here for some time - Here for some time 835 00:41:06,216 --> 00:41:08,260 - Here for too long - Here for how long? 836 00:41:08,343 --> 00:41:10,345 - When will we know? - When will we know? 837 00:41:10,429 --> 00:41:12,681 How much longer? 838 00:41:12,764 --> 00:41:15,976 Beulah, wait. Can you help me find a Catholic church? 839 00:41:16,059 --> 00:41:18,395 I can't sit here. I need to get some air. 840 00:41:18,478 --> 00:41:20,480 Let's go see where we are. It'll do you good. 841 00:41:20,564 --> 00:41:24,318 No, what'll do me good is to lie down, pretend this isn't happening. 842 00:41:25,068 --> 00:41:26,361 Suit yourself. 843 00:41:26,445 --> 00:41:30,866 And it's somehow like we're stuck here At a messed-up costume party 844 00:41:30,949 --> 00:41:32,951 And there's nothing here familiar 845 00:41:33,035 --> 00:41:35,370 Far away from those you care for 846 00:41:35,454 --> 00:41:40,751 On an isolated island in between 847 00:41:40,834 --> 00:41:46,965 - There and here - There and here 848 00:41:47,549 --> 00:41:52,304 By the middle of the day on Wednesday, I'm coordinating menus for 7,000 people. 849 00:41:52,971 --> 00:41:56,850 Ladies and gentlemen, the Rotary Club is looking for some fish dishes. 850 00:41:56,934 --> 00:41:59,853 And we have a bunch of German passengers down at the Moose Club 851 00:41:59,937 --> 00:42:01,522 who would like to try elk. 852 00:42:02,814 --> 00:42:06,068 No, sorry. That's the Elks Club that's looking for moose. 853 00:42:07,236 --> 00:42:09,696 Sorry. I'm new. 854 00:42:10,864 --> 00:42:15,202 Well, if you won't try cod tongue, we got cheeseburgers. 855 00:42:15,285 --> 00:42:16,870 Or we got hot dogs too. 856 00:42:16,954 --> 00:42:19,331 There's tuna casserole over there. 857 00:42:19,414 --> 00:42:21,750 Or I could make you up a bologna sandwich. 858 00:42:22,334 --> 00:42:24,253 Are there vegetables in Canada? 859 00:42:24,878 --> 00:42:26,713 - We're vegetarians. - I converted him. 860 00:42:26,797 --> 00:42:29,800 Anyway, I notice this other passenger who hasn't eaten anything at all. 861 00:42:29,883 --> 00:42:31,885 Kevin is suddenly in everyone else's business. 862 00:42:31,969 --> 00:42:33,637 So I notify our hosts. 863 00:42:33,720 --> 00:42:36,431 No. No, thank you. Please. I'm fine. 864 00:42:36,515 --> 00:42:41,895 Turns out he's an Orthodox Jewish rabbi, and he only eats kosher food. 865 00:42:41,979 --> 00:42:44,773 Now, we have all kinds of people living in Newfoundland: 866 00:42:44,857 --> 00:42:50,737 Protestants, Baptists, Catholics, Salvation Army-ists. 867 00:42:50,821 --> 00:42:52,573 Not a lot of Jewish people. 868 00:42:52,656 --> 00:42:55,075 The next thing I know, I'm set up in the faculty lounge, 869 00:42:55,158 --> 00:42:57,536 making a kosher kitchen for any other Jewish passengers, 870 00:42:57,619 --> 00:43:00,414 but also for two Hindu women, some Muslims. 871 00:43:00,497 --> 00:43:02,457 And a couple of vegetarians. 872 00:43:02,541 --> 00:43:06,545 One of the pilots from Virgin Atlantic, Captain Bristol, 873 00:43:06,628 --> 00:43:08,380 he's a very strong leader. 874 00:43:08,463 --> 00:43:11,925 He's good to his passengers, and he's handsome too. 875 00:43:12,009 --> 00:43:14,678 Anyway, he takes me aside and he says… 876 00:43:14,761 --> 00:43:17,097 I've been watching you. 877 00:43:17,181 --> 00:43:19,266 You're doing beautiful work. 878 00:43:19,349 --> 00:43:24,062 I'd like you to be my personal liaison and work closely with me, 879 00:43:24,146 --> 00:43:27,566 helping to handle anything I might need. 880 00:43:29,484 --> 00:43:30,527 Annette! 881 00:43:31,028 --> 00:43:33,113 What are you on about? He did not say that. 882 00:43:33,197 --> 00:43:36,033 Well, he said something like that. 883 00:43:37,075 --> 00:43:38,368 Miss Beulah. Hello. 884 00:43:38,452 --> 00:43:39,494 Hello, Ali. 885 00:43:39,578 --> 00:43:41,705 May I ask, this food, what is it? 886 00:43:42,331 --> 00:43:44,249 - That's called cod au gratin. - "Cod oh grat"... 887 00:43:44,333 --> 00:43:45,417 Fish with cheese. 888 00:43:46,460 --> 00:43:49,546 It's fish… with cheese. 889 00:43:50,714 --> 00:43:52,925 Are you sure I cannot help you with the food? 890 00:43:54,426 --> 00:43:58,222 People start taking passengers back to their houses to get cleaned up 891 00:43:58,305 --> 00:44:01,475 and then inviting 'em to dinner, then putting 'em up in their guest room. 892 00:44:01,558 --> 00:44:04,186 Look, missus, I'm just 20 weeks along. 893 00:44:04,269 --> 00:44:06,772 My Terry has already set up the nursery. 894 00:44:06,855 --> 00:44:09,316 You and your little one'd be much more comfortable there. 895 00:44:09,399 --> 00:44:11,276 Thank you for shopping at Walmart. 896 00:44:11,360 --> 00:44:13,737 Would you like to come back to my house for a shower? 897 00:44:15,280 --> 00:44:18,367 People are saying, "We want you to come to our house." 898 00:44:18,450 --> 00:44:20,869 And I think, what's up with this? 899 00:44:20,953 --> 00:44:24,206 I mean, are they charging for these "free" showers? 900 00:44:24,289 --> 00:44:26,416 Or are they gonna go all Norman Bates? 901 00:44:26,500 --> 00:44:28,836 Anyway, I wasn't falling for it. 902 00:44:28,919 --> 00:44:32,339 But, finally, I'm invited back to the mayor of Appleton's house. 903 00:44:32,422 --> 00:44:35,801 That sounds fancy. But it's not. 904 00:44:35,884 --> 00:44:39,179 There is a mayor for every town of a thousand people in Newfoundland. 905 00:44:39,263 --> 00:44:42,641 There's the mayor of Gander. There's the mayor of Lewisporte. 906 00:44:42,724 --> 00:44:44,393 There's the mayor of Gambo. 907 00:44:45,561 --> 00:44:47,437 Anyway, I'm staying with the mayor of Appleton. 908 00:44:47,521 --> 00:44:51,316 Come on in, son. The Irish whiskey's in the bar downstairs. 909 00:44:52,526 --> 00:44:55,779 His wife shows me where my bedroom is and where the shower is, 910 00:44:55,863 --> 00:44:59,491 and through it all, I keep thinking, "Where am I gonna leave my wallet? 911 00:45:00,659 --> 00:45:02,369 Somebody's gonna steal my wallet." 912 00:45:03,245 --> 00:45:06,623 Someone says there's a way out of here. They say there might be a boat. 913 00:45:06,707 --> 00:45:09,418 Kevin, we're on the other side of the continent. 914 00:45:10,377 --> 00:45:11,837 We're not taking a boat. 915 00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:14,381 So I stop an officer and ask him. 916 00:45:14,464 --> 00:45:17,092 - How do I get back home? - Yeah, how do we get out of here? 917 00:45:18,552 --> 00:45:21,305 Well… you take a taxi to the Goose. 918 00:45:21,388 --> 00:45:25,642 There's a bus there to Port aux Basques, leaves once a day. That's about six hours. 919 00:45:25,726 --> 00:45:28,437 Once you're there, you take the ferry across the gulf, right? 920 00:45:28,520 --> 00:45:29,730 That's eight hours or so. 921 00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:32,107 Then you catch another bus. 922 00:45:32,191 --> 00:45:36,486 Not sure how often they leave, but it's another eight hours to Yarmouth, 923 00:45:36,570 --> 00:45:39,281 where you can get another ferry to the US border. 924 00:45:39,364 --> 00:45:42,034 That's another four hours or so. 925 00:45:42,117 --> 00:45:44,620 And from Bar Harbor you should be able to grab a Greyhound 926 00:45:44,703 --> 00:45:45,913 to wherever you need to go. 927 00:45:45,996 --> 00:45:49,458 It's about two or three days' travel, but it's sure a nice view. 928 00:45:50,501 --> 00:45:53,086 I don't leave the hotel. I wait by the phone, 929 00:45:53,170 --> 00:45:55,506 wait for someone to tell me we can fly again. 930 00:45:55,589 --> 00:45:58,050 Planes aren't made to just sit on the tarmac. 931 00:45:58,133 --> 00:46:00,636 Planes are made to be in constant motion. 932 00:46:00,719 --> 00:46:03,347 They arrive, you switch crew, you switch passengers, 933 00:46:03,430 --> 00:46:06,433 you empty the Honey Buckets, and the plane keeps going. 934 00:46:06,517 --> 00:46:09,937 When they sit still for too long, well, it's not good for 'em. 935 00:46:10,020 --> 00:46:12,147 They start to break down. 936 00:46:12,231 --> 00:46:15,817 Our pilot says we're not leaving anytime soon. And Nick says… 937 00:46:15,901 --> 00:46:17,581 I might take a picture or two before we go. 938 00:46:17,611 --> 00:46:19,863 I finally convince Kevin to go for a walk. 939 00:46:19,947 --> 00:46:21,865 There's four of us to begin with, 940 00:46:21,949 --> 00:46:24,034 this Texan woman and this English guy 941 00:46:24,117 --> 00:46:27,079 with a disposable camera and a huge stick up his ass. 942 00:46:27,162 --> 00:46:31,041 They're nice enough. Kevin and I are wary of telling people we're together. 943 00:46:31,124 --> 00:46:33,794 I mean, you just don't know how redneck people can be. 944 00:46:33,877 --> 00:46:36,296 This nice gay couple come along with us. 945 00:46:36,380 --> 00:46:38,799 And we kind of make small talk. They ask me what I do. 946 00:46:38,882 --> 00:46:42,719 He works for this oil company in England, and she was there visiting with her son. 947 00:46:42,803 --> 00:46:44,346 Wait. You've got a son? 948 00:46:44,429 --> 00:46:47,724 Yes. David, the one who was flying on Tuesday. 949 00:46:47,808 --> 00:46:49,560 She's going on and on about England 950 00:46:49,643 --> 00:46:52,479 and how she didn't get to travel much when she was married. 951 00:46:52,563 --> 00:46:55,440 - Wait. You're divorced? - Yes. 952 00:46:55,524 --> 00:46:56,775 For a long time now. 953 00:46:56,859 --> 00:46:59,736 - What about you? - No, not divorced. 954 00:46:59,820 --> 00:47:02,281 I mean, not that I'm married. I'm neither. 955 00:47:02,364 --> 00:47:03,991 I travel a lot for work. 956 00:47:04,658 --> 00:47:07,536 Kevin and I work for an environmental energy company. 957 00:47:07,619 --> 00:47:09,830 Well, it's my company. Kevin's my secretary. 958 00:47:09,913 --> 00:47:11,623 I'm his sexy-tary. 959 00:47:11,707 --> 00:47:13,458 Anyway, we do a lot of green work, 960 00:47:13,542 --> 00:47:15,544 so we generally hate people who work in oil. 961 00:47:15,627 --> 00:47:17,754 I just got the feeling that they hated me. 962 00:47:17,838 --> 00:47:22,217 Then they wanna go into some old building that looked like a shed. 963 00:47:22,301 --> 00:47:25,470 Now, they'd heard it was a bar, 964 00:47:25,554 --> 00:47:28,599 but I wasn't going into a bar in the middle of the afternoon 965 00:47:28,682 --> 00:47:30,767 with three men I just met. 966 00:47:30,851 --> 00:47:32,853 And I think I'll stay with Diane. 967 00:47:32,936 --> 00:47:35,439 You know, instead of the gay men who hate me. 968 00:47:36,607 --> 00:47:38,650 Doug is helping me feed the animals. 969 00:47:38,734 --> 00:47:43,113 And after Security checks each plane, slow as cold molasses, 970 00:47:43,197 --> 00:47:48,535 we finally find eight dogs, nine cats, one of whom is epileptic, 971 00:47:48,619 --> 00:47:52,998 not to mention two rare bonobo chimpanzees. 972 00:47:53,081 --> 00:47:56,001 And the female bonobo is pregnant. 973 00:47:56,084 --> 00:47:58,295 We have got to get them off these planes. 974 00:47:58,378 --> 00:47:59,838 Yeah, hello? Is the mayor there? 975 00:47:59,922 --> 00:48:02,090 It's Bonnie Harris again. Yes, I'll hold. 976 00:48:02,174 --> 00:48:03,884 Airport Authority was pretty clear 977 00:48:03,967 --> 00:48:06,512 about "no rare bonobo chimpanzees on Canadian soil." 978 00:48:06,595 --> 00:48:07,971 - Doug, take that. - What is that? 979 00:48:08,055 --> 00:48:09,973 It's rare chimpanzee shit. 980 00:48:10,057 --> 00:48:11,475 - What do you think it is? - Jeez. 981 00:48:11,558 --> 00:48:14,978 - Yes, the mayor... Yes, I'll hold. - I gotta get back to air traffic control! 982 00:48:15,062 --> 00:48:17,689 Doug, look up. 983 00:48:17,773 --> 00:48:19,733 Do you see anything flying? 984 00:48:20,442 --> 00:48:24,112 - I can't see across the friggin' Atlantic! - Just get more litter from the truck. 985 00:48:24,196 --> 00:48:26,031 - Get your own litter. - Fine, then goodbye. 986 00:48:26,114 --> 00:48:28,408 No! No, no, no, not you. Hello? Hello! 987 00:48:30,327 --> 00:48:32,746 Health Canada says all this food needs refrigeration, 988 00:48:32,829 --> 00:48:35,683 but we got nowhere to store it. None of the shelters are equipped for this. 989 00:48:35,707 --> 00:48:37,751 We're getting three more truckloads of food tonight. 990 00:48:37,835 --> 00:48:40,671 - Stop 'em. We got nowhere to put it. - Then what do we feed people? 991 00:48:40,754 --> 00:48:42,673 We also need that girl at Rogers to announce 992 00:48:42,756 --> 00:48:44,591 that Rotary, hockey, Boys and Girls Club... 993 00:48:44,675 --> 00:48:46,593 Canceled until further notice. 994 00:48:46,677 --> 00:48:49,930 Hold on! Did you just say that hockey's canceled? 995 00:48:50,514 --> 00:48:54,226 3:47 p.m. The town is asking all bulk food deliveries be taken 996 00:48:54,309 --> 00:48:56,562 to the Gander Community Center hockey rink. 997 00:48:56,645 --> 00:48:59,314 Since hockey's canceled, the mayor is now calling it… 998 00:48:59,398 --> 00:49:02,317 The world's largest walk-in refrigerator. 999 00:49:03,569 --> 00:49:04,987 It's hot outside. 1000 00:49:05,070 --> 00:49:08,657 So we stay in the bar and make small talk with Matty, the owner, 1001 00:49:08,740 --> 00:49:09,741 and his wife, Brenda. 1002 00:49:09,825 --> 00:49:11,994 But we're not sure how much to say. 1003 00:49:12,077 --> 00:49:14,037 You just don't know where the red states are 1004 00:49:14,121 --> 00:49:15,581 in a foreign country, right? 1005 00:49:15,664 --> 00:49:19,585 But we had been drinking all afternoon, and I accidentally say something like… 1006 00:49:19,668 --> 00:49:21,795 Kevin and I have been together for almost five years. 1007 00:49:21,879 --> 00:49:24,047 In business. We've been together in business. 1008 00:49:24,131 --> 00:49:25,966 I'm his sexy-tary. Secretary. 1009 00:49:29,094 --> 00:49:31,972 - It feels like the entire bar goes silent. - I'm like, "Oh, God." 1010 00:49:32,055 --> 00:49:34,433 - And then Matty says… - You're… gay. 1011 00:49:35,851 --> 00:49:38,437 - I'm about to pass out. - But then Matty says… 1012 00:49:38,520 --> 00:49:40,731 Well, praise be to God. My daughter's gay. 1013 00:49:40,814 --> 00:49:42,482 And then Brenda says… 1014 00:49:42,566 --> 00:49:44,401 Sure, my sister's gay. 1015 00:49:44,484 --> 00:49:47,654 And the woman across the road just ran off with her best friend. 1016 00:49:47,738 --> 00:49:49,323 And then Brenda's brother says… 1017 00:49:49,406 --> 00:49:52,075 Our uncle is 68 years old, 1018 00:49:52,159 --> 00:49:56,288 and he just told us he's a bisexual. 1019 00:50:00,417 --> 00:50:04,421 We somehow ended up in the gayest town in Newfoundland. 1020 00:50:05,130 --> 00:50:06,548 Kevin and I look at each other. 1021 00:50:06,632 --> 00:50:08,967 I think I say, "There must be something in the water." 1022 00:50:09,051 --> 00:50:12,387 - And then Brenda's brother says… - That's why I only drink the beer. 1023 00:50:14,223 --> 00:50:17,726 Watching the news all day, some of us are starting to lose it. 1024 00:50:17,809 --> 00:50:22,731 So these people here, they decide to have a big cookout for the whole community, 1025 00:50:22,814 --> 00:50:25,776 just trying to get our minds off of everything. 1026 00:50:25,859 --> 00:50:28,237 And Derm, the mayor of Appleton, says to me… 1027 00:50:28,320 --> 00:50:32,074 Right, my son, do me a favor and start to round up some grills. 1028 00:50:32,157 --> 00:50:33,408 - Round up some grills? - Yeah. 1029 00:50:33,492 --> 00:50:36,078 Just go to people's yards and take their grill. 1030 00:50:37,329 --> 00:50:40,332 Take their grill? Someone's gonna shoot me. 1031 00:50:40,415 --> 00:50:42,251 No, no, no, no, no, no. 1032 00:50:42,334 --> 00:50:44,920 Just go to people's yards and grab their grill. 1033 00:50:46,088 --> 00:50:49,299 So I'm going from yard to yard… 1034 00:50:50,300 --> 00:50:53,762 and the whole time I keep thinking, "Someone's gonna shoot me in the back." 1035 00:50:53,846 --> 00:50:55,305 Hello there. 1036 00:50:55,389 --> 00:50:56,807 Are you taking my barbecue? 1037 00:50:58,141 --> 00:50:59,810 - This is your barbecue? - Yeah, buddy. 1038 00:51:00,644 --> 00:51:01,645 Listen, I'm so sorry... 1039 00:51:01,728 --> 00:51:04,064 The wife's got the kettle on, if you want a cuppa. 1040 00:51:05,524 --> 00:51:09,486 I get offered a cup of tea in every single backyard. 1041 00:51:09,570 --> 00:51:12,906 And most of 'em offer to help me steal their own barbecues. 1042 00:51:12,990 --> 00:51:16,785 We bring 'em all over to the community center, no names on 'em. 1043 00:51:16,869 --> 00:51:18,829 I don't know how they ever get 'em back. 1044 00:51:18,912 --> 00:51:22,082 But that's how we have a big cookout, completely free. 1045 00:51:22,165 --> 00:51:24,918 After that, I stop worrying so much about my wallet. 1046 00:51:25,002 --> 00:51:26,545 8:45 a.m. 1047 00:51:26,628 --> 00:51:28,422 - Thursday. - September 13th. 1048 00:51:29,006 --> 00:51:32,009 We've got a… situation down at Gander Academy. 1049 00:51:32,092 --> 00:51:36,388 Ladies and gentlemen, we have an indelicate request. 1050 00:51:36,471 --> 00:51:39,099 We need volunteers to help clean the bathrooms. 1051 00:51:39,183 --> 00:51:43,145 As you can imagine, with 700 adults in a primary school... 1052 00:51:43,228 --> 00:51:46,940 Health Canada needs us to clean them every… hour and a half. 1053 00:51:47,024 --> 00:51:50,277 We just don't have the people. So we're asking for your help. 1054 00:51:52,237 --> 00:51:53,447 But no one volunteers. 1055 00:51:53,530 --> 00:51:56,742 No one comes. And we're run off our feet with everything else. 1056 00:51:56,825 --> 00:51:59,703 - And then… - Sweet Jesus in the garden! 1057 00:51:59,786 --> 00:52:03,624 This line of men comes walking down the hall. 1058 00:52:05,000 --> 00:52:08,253 The top six cardiologists from all over the world, 1059 00:52:08,337 --> 00:52:10,005 on their way to a conference. 1060 00:52:11,173 --> 00:52:14,134 Highly qualified cardiologists. 1061 00:52:14,218 --> 00:52:17,221 And they know about the importance of cleanliness. 1062 00:52:19,598 --> 00:52:22,142 If we don't get these bathrooms clean, we're going to have… 1063 00:52:22,809 --> 00:52:24,811 bigger problems. 1064 00:52:32,277 --> 00:52:34,446 Anyway, I get lunch set up, 1065 00:52:34,530 --> 00:52:37,991 labeling anything that'll go bad with the date and time. 1066 00:52:38,075 --> 00:52:41,995 I let the pants out for one of the pilots who's been enjoying our cooking, 1067 00:52:42,079 --> 00:52:44,998 make a balloon animal for a crying toddler, 1068 00:52:45,082 --> 00:52:48,544 and then I check on Hannah, talking to anyone she can reach. 1069 00:52:49,878 --> 00:52:53,423 I am here 1070 00:52:53,507 --> 00:52:57,761 I am here on an island 1071 00:52:57,845 --> 00:53:00,639 Hello? Hello. It's me again. 1072 00:53:00,722 --> 00:53:03,892 Yeah, my son. He's with Rescue 2. 1073 00:53:03,976 --> 00:53:05,018 Any news? 1074 00:53:05,102 --> 00:53:08,146 I am his mother I'm far away, stuck here 1075 00:53:08,230 --> 00:53:10,440 I'm trying to find out if... 1076 00:53:10,524 --> 00:53:12,109 Fine, I'll hold again. 1077 00:53:12,192 --> 00:53:15,821 I should be down there And checking the hospitals 1078 00:53:15,904 --> 00:53:18,156 Putting up signs, doing something 1079 00:53:18,240 --> 00:53:22,870 Instead, I am here 1080 00:53:22,953 --> 00:53:26,456 I am here in Canada 1081 00:53:26,540 --> 00:53:29,626 I am telling you, listen My son, he takes risks 1082 00:53:29,710 --> 00:53:32,296 He's not missing He's helping or hurt 1083 00:53:32,379 --> 00:53:33,755 He'll get out of this 1084 00:53:33,839 --> 00:53:36,967 Yes, I'll keep trying And, yes, here's the number 1085 00:53:37,050 --> 00:53:39,511 And, yes At the grade school in Gander 1086 00:53:39,595 --> 00:53:40,637 I'll be here 1087 00:53:40,721 --> 00:53:43,765 I should be there When it's over and done 1088 00:53:43,849 --> 00:53:48,228 When he comes through the door And says, "I'm home, Mom" 1089 00:53:48,312 --> 00:53:50,397 I should be there for my son 1090 00:53:50,480 --> 00:53:54,776 But instead I am here 1091 00:53:54,860 --> 00:53:58,447 I am here 1092 00:53:58,530 --> 00:54:01,450 She leaves message after message for her son 1093 00:54:01,533 --> 00:54:04,286 until there's no more room on his answering machine. 1094 00:54:06,788 --> 00:54:10,125 All I know 1095 00:54:10,209 --> 00:54:13,879 Is you are there 1096 00:54:13,962 --> 00:54:17,591 You are there 1097 00:54:17,674 --> 00:54:20,177 And I am here 1098 00:54:20,260 --> 00:54:22,012 She finally got some news. 1099 00:54:22,804 --> 00:54:24,806 They said it was Kev's day off. 1100 00:54:25,807 --> 00:54:29,394 But someone else said there were more men down there than were scheduled. 1101 00:54:31,230 --> 00:54:32,898 I should be looking for him. 1102 00:54:34,066 --> 00:54:37,694 He's always there for me, trying to make me laugh. 1103 00:54:37,778 --> 00:54:40,989 Tells me stupid jokes. He loves jokes. 1104 00:54:41,073 --> 00:54:45,077 Tells 'em to the kids at the firehouse as he fixes their bikes. 1105 00:54:46,912 --> 00:54:47,913 I should be there. 1106 00:54:49,790 --> 00:54:51,959 I know there's nothing I can do to help. 1107 00:54:54,336 --> 00:54:56,213 But I do know a few jokes. 1108 00:54:57,840 --> 00:55:01,969 There was this sailor who was stationed in the South Pacific, 1109 00:55:02,052 --> 00:55:04,847 far away from his wife, who he'd just married. 1110 00:55:04,930 --> 00:55:06,849 And when he was away, he wrote her a letter. 1111 00:55:06,932 --> 00:55:10,894 He said, "We're gonna be apart for a long time, 1112 00:55:10,978 --> 00:55:15,774 and this island is full of young, attractive local girls. 1113 00:55:15,858 --> 00:55:17,860 I need something to take me mind off 'em." 1114 00:55:17,943 --> 00:55:20,487 So his wife sends him an accordion 1115 00:55:20,571 --> 00:55:23,031 and says, "Why don't you learn to play this then?" 1116 00:55:23,115 --> 00:55:25,158 So finally he comes home from his tour of duty 1117 00:55:25,242 --> 00:55:28,620 and he says to his wife, "I can't wait to get you into bed." 1118 00:55:28,704 --> 00:55:31,623 And she says, "First, let's see how well you play that accordion." 1119 00:55:36,795 --> 00:55:38,630 That was a really stupid joke. 1120 00:55:40,007 --> 00:55:41,008 Tell me another one. 1121 00:55:43,010 --> 00:55:45,596 Everywhere you look there are people from around the globe, 1122 00:55:45,679 --> 00:55:49,224 going back and forth for phones and showers, 1123 00:55:49,308 --> 00:55:51,101 grabbing something from Shoppers. 1124 00:55:52,019 --> 00:55:54,396 I'm getting a coffee at a gas station on the main drag, 1125 00:55:54,479 --> 00:55:56,607 when suddenly the entire place goes quiet. 1126 00:55:57,357 --> 00:55:58,358 And nobody moves. 1127 00:55:59,651 --> 00:56:02,070 Even the people outside are still. 1128 00:56:02,779 --> 00:56:04,364 And I look up at the TVs… 1129 00:56:06,450 --> 00:56:07,743 and I realize. 1130 00:56:10,245 --> 00:56:12,456 It's a national moment of silence in America. 1131 00:56:13,790 --> 00:56:15,709 And all these Newfoundlanders, 1132 00:56:15,792 --> 00:56:19,755 these people from another country, they maintain that moment of silence. 1133 00:56:20,964 --> 00:56:22,883 I don't know if that would happen back home 1134 00:56:22,966 --> 00:56:25,636 at a busy gas station on the main drag. 1135 00:56:28,138 --> 00:56:29,389 But it happened here. 1136 00:56:31,391 --> 00:56:33,143 Beulah walks me to church. 1137 00:56:34,102 --> 00:56:36,730 And when we get there, I light a candle for my son. 1138 00:56:36,813 --> 00:56:38,065 And I do too. 1139 00:56:39,399 --> 00:56:42,694 I suddenly realize what that music was from my dream. 1140 00:56:43,403 --> 00:56:45,572 It was an old hymn from when I was a kid. 1141 00:56:46,615 --> 00:56:48,992 Well, I haven't been to church in years, 1142 00:56:49,076 --> 00:56:52,454 but for some reason, that song was in my head. 1143 00:56:54,706 --> 00:56:58,293 Make me a channel of your peace 1144 00:56:58,877 --> 00:57:03,632 Where there is hatred Let me bring your love 1145 00:57:03,715 --> 00:57:08,679 Where there is injury Your pardon, Lord 1146 00:57:08,762 --> 00:57:12,850 And where there's doubt True faith in you 1147 00:57:12,933 --> 00:57:17,521 - Make me a channel of your peace - Make me a channel of your peace 1148 00:57:17,604 --> 00:57:19,606 Where there's despair in life Let me bring hope 1149 00:57:19,690 --> 00:57:21,984 Where there's despair in life Let me bring hope 1150 00:57:22,067 --> 00:57:26,905 - Where there is darkness, only light - Where there is darkness, only light 1151 00:57:26,989 --> 00:57:32,244 - And where there's sadness - Ever joy 1152 00:57:50,637 --> 00:57:52,514 There's a man here in town. 1153 00:57:52,598 --> 00:57:54,725 He's lived here nearly his entire life. 1154 00:57:54,808 --> 00:57:57,144 He heard that there was a rabbi diverted here, 1155 00:57:57,227 --> 00:57:59,354 and he came to find me and tell me his story. 1156 00:57:59,438 --> 00:58:01,899 I was born in Poland, I think. 1157 00:58:01,982 --> 00:58:04,401 And my parents, they were Jews. 1158 00:58:04,484 --> 00:58:06,904 They sent me here before the war started. 1159 00:58:06,987 --> 00:58:09,656 I still remember some of the prayers they taught me. 1160 00:58:10,365 --> 00:58:16,538 As a boy, I was told I should never tell anyone I was Jewish. Even my wife. 1161 00:58:16,622 --> 00:58:22,211 But after what happened on Tuesday, so many stories gone, just like that, 1162 00:58:22,294 --> 00:58:24,087 I needed to tell someone. 1163 00:58:25,631 --> 00:58:28,217 During al-fajr, when most people are asleep, 1164 00:58:28,300 --> 00:58:29,927 it is easier to pray. 1165 00:58:30,511 --> 00:58:32,888 But at zuhr, I can feel them watching me. 1166 00:58:33,931 --> 00:58:37,059 Sometimes I catch them when they think I'm not looking, 1167 00:58:37,142 --> 00:58:39,394 and I can see the fear in their eyes. 1168 00:58:39,478 --> 00:58:42,439 Excuse me. Beulah wanted me to check on you. 1169 00:58:42,523 --> 00:58:46,735 The library's open for anyone looking for some peace and a quiet place to pray. 1170 00:59:07,798 --> 00:59:12,803 O Master, grant that I may never seek 1171 00:59:12,886 --> 00:59:17,558 So much to be consoled as to console 1172 00:59:17,641 --> 00:59:22,479 To be understood as to understand 1173 00:59:22,563 --> 00:59:28,986 To be loved As to love with all my soul 1174 00:59:31,113 --> 00:59:35,534 Make me a channel of your peace 1175 00:59:35,617 --> 00:59:40,497 Where there's despair in life Let me bring hope 1176 00:59:40,581 --> 00:59:44,459 Where there is darkness, only light 1177 00:59:45,544 --> 00:59:51,758 And where there's sadness, ever joy 1178 00:59:51,842 --> 00:59:56,430 Health Canada finally lets the animals off and quarantines them to hangar 1. 1179 00:59:56,513 --> 01:00:00,726 It's a big room of cats and dogs and chimpanzees. 1180 01:00:00,809 --> 01:00:02,603 There's barking and meowing, 1181 01:00:02,686 --> 01:00:04,646 and then the chimps start imitating the dogs, 1182 01:00:04,730 --> 01:00:05,981 and they're barking too. 1183 01:00:06,064 --> 01:00:08,668 The phones are ringing off the hook with people who wanna see their pet. 1184 01:00:08,692 --> 01:00:10,612 But they're not allowed anywhere near the planes. 1185 01:00:10,652 --> 01:00:14,198 And I am worried about Unga, the pregnant bonobo. 1186 01:00:14,281 --> 01:00:18,827 All animals are affected badly by stress, not just humans. 1187 01:00:20,579 --> 01:00:24,166 Some people spend their days crammed inside, shoulder to shoulder, 1188 01:00:24,249 --> 01:00:27,628 with nothing to do but watch the news and wait for something to happen. 1189 01:00:27,711 --> 01:00:28,712 On the edge 1190 01:00:28,795 --> 01:00:31,673 We got the TVs going 24-7 in the cafeteria, 1191 01:00:31,757 --> 01:00:34,885 and the more they watch, the more scared and angry they get. 1192 01:00:34,968 --> 01:00:36,053 On the edge of the 1193 01:00:36,136 --> 01:00:38,347 Some of the plane people haven't slept in three days. 1194 01:00:38,430 --> 01:00:42,017 None of us have either, and we're jumping at our own shadows. 1195 01:00:42,809 --> 01:00:44,228 On the edge of the world 1196 01:00:44,311 --> 01:00:48,357 Around suppertime on Thursday, people are waiting to use the phones, 1197 01:00:48,440 --> 01:00:50,609 and there's a fight in the hallway. 1198 01:00:50,692 --> 01:00:52,444 Hey. Hey, what the hell are you saying? 1199 01:00:52,528 --> 01:00:54,248 - I beg your pardon? - You celebrating this? 1200 01:00:54,279 --> 01:00:56,240 You praying for your friends? 1201 01:00:56,323 --> 01:00:58,450 - Why doesn't he speak English? - Excuse me? 1202 01:00:58,534 --> 01:01:00,619 Telling your Muslim friends where to bomb next? 1203 01:01:00,702 --> 01:01:03,455 - This was not all Muslims. I wasn't... - Go back where you came from! 1204 01:01:03,539 --> 01:01:05,457 I'm Muslim, and I was born in Connecticut. 1205 01:01:05,541 --> 01:01:07,543 - She's an American citizen! - Don't look American! 1206 01:01:12,548 --> 01:01:14,716 On the edge of the world Or wherever we are 1207 01:01:14,800 --> 01:01:16,510 We are, we are We are on the edge 1208 01:01:16,593 --> 01:01:18,196 Is there something? I need to do something 1209 01:01:18,220 --> 01:01:20,490 To keep me from thinking Of all of those scenes on the tube 1210 01:01:20,514 --> 01:01:22,450 I need something to do 'Cause I can't watch the news 1211 01:01:22,474 --> 01:01:24,852 No, I can't watch the news anymore On the edge 1212 01:01:24,935 --> 01:01:27,688 The FAA keeps delaying opening the airspace. 1213 01:01:27,771 --> 01:01:30,816 And here on the ground we're dealing with a whole mess of other problems. 1214 01:01:30,899 --> 01:01:31,984 On the edge of the 1215 01:01:32,067 --> 01:01:35,320 Some of the planes are parked on a runway where the surface is all torn up. 1216 01:01:35,404 --> 01:01:38,574 That debris gets into an engine, and they'll never leave. 1217 01:01:38,657 --> 01:01:39,992 On the edge of the world 1218 01:01:40,075 --> 01:01:42,995 One of the big planes, a Triple Seven, is sinking into the asphalt. 1219 01:01:43,078 --> 01:01:45,238 If we don't do something, she'll be stuck here forever. 1220 01:01:45,289 --> 01:01:47,666 On the edge of the world Or wherever we are 1221 01:01:47,749 --> 01:01:50,586 We are, we are, we are on We are, we are, we are 1222 01:01:50,669 --> 01:01:51,753 We are on the edge! 1223 01:01:53,338 --> 01:01:55,757 I interview a woman from Queens. A mother. 1224 01:01:55,841 --> 01:01:59,011 Her son is a firefighter, and they still can't account for him. 1225 01:01:59,094 --> 01:02:01,597 She starts crying, and I start crying too. 1226 01:02:01,680 --> 01:02:02,973 And I can't stop shaking. 1227 01:02:04,516 --> 01:02:06,602 I don't know if I can do this anymore. 1228 01:02:06,685 --> 01:02:09,938 I check in with Air Traffic Control again, and it's more bad news. 1229 01:02:10,022 --> 01:02:11,899 Not only is the airspace still closed, 1230 01:02:11,982 --> 01:02:14,651 but there's a storm headed for Newfoundland. 1231 01:02:14,735 --> 01:02:18,363 Hurricane Erin is making landfall tomorrow or the day after. 1232 01:02:18,447 --> 01:02:21,491 If we don't get these planes in the air soon, no one's going anywhere. 1233 01:02:21,575 --> 01:02:25,120 - Claude, people are starting to crack. - Let's get everyone down to the Legion. 1234 01:02:25,204 --> 01:02:27,122 Everyone's going to the Legion for a drink. 1235 01:02:27,206 --> 01:02:29,875 Hi, have you seen my boyfriend? His name's Kevin. 1236 01:02:29,958 --> 01:02:32,127 He's about that tall, and he's lost his mind. 1237 01:02:32,211 --> 01:02:34,129 - I just wanna go out. - Well, I don't. 1238 01:02:34,213 --> 01:02:37,007 - Well, I'm not going without you. - Well, I'm not… 1239 01:02:37,090 --> 01:02:38,884 staying for a long time. 1240 01:02:38,967 --> 01:02:40,719 - One drink. - One drink. 1241 01:02:40,802 --> 01:02:42,763 Hannah, everyone's going out tonight. 1242 01:02:42,846 --> 01:02:44,681 You go on without me, Beulah. 1243 01:02:44,765 --> 01:02:46,266 I need to wait by the phone. 1244 01:02:46,350 --> 01:02:47,643 I'll wait with you. 1245 01:02:47,726 --> 01:02:51,188 I keep waiting to hear from the airline, so I'll just be here by the phone, Tom, 1246 01:02:51,271 --> 01:02:52,981 if the kids wanna speak with me. 1247 01:02:53,065 --> 01:02:55,984 Bonnie? I know you're not leaving the animals, 1248 01:02:56,068 --> 01:02:57,819 so I brought you some chili. 1249 01:02:57,903 --> 01:03:00,531 But I really think you should come home and get some sleep... 1250 01:03:00,614 --> 01:03:02,533 Doug! Get in here. 1251 01:03:02,616 --> 01:03:07,454 We are about to have the first rare bonobo chimpanzee born in Newfoundland! 1252 01:03:07,538 --> 01:03:10,749 Beulah! They need some food down at the Legion, if you can spare any. 1253 01:03:10,832 --> 01:03:13,001 Miss Beulah, please let me help with the food. 1254 01:03:13,085 --> 01:03:14,378 No, my love. You're a guest. 1255 01:03:14,461 --> 01:03:18,590 Please. I am a master chef for an international hotel chain. 1256 01:03:18,674 --> 01:03:20,634 I oversee restaurants around the world. 1257 01:03:20,717 --> 01:03:22,302 I would like to help with the food! 1258 01:03:22,386 --> 01:03:23,512 Get in there! 1259 01:03:24,221 --> 01:03:27,182 Everyone's going out to the bar. And Nick is going. 1260 01:03:27,266 --> 01:03:28,809 I'm going if Diane is going. 1261 01:03:28,892 --> 01:03:32,938 And I think, "Nobody here knows me. I can be whoever I wanna be." 1262 01:03:33,021 --> 01:03:36,692 I'm not worried about my wallet. I'm not worried about getting shot. 1263 01:03:36,775 --> 01:03:39,945 I am a little worried about how much Irish whiskey I'm drinking. 1264 01:03:41,738 --> 01:03:45,742 By eight o'clock, the bar is completely packed with people from around the world. 1265 01:03:45,826 --> 01:03:48,996 Everybody's talking about where they're staying and what they've seen, 1266 01:03:49,079 --> 01:03:52,666 and the bar staff keep making runs for more beer and liquor. 1267 01:03:52,749 --> 01:03:56,795 After an hour, people are swimming in the river out back. 1268 01:03:56,879 --> 01:03:59,590 And no, no one brought their swim trunks. 1269 01:04:00,174 --> 01:04:03,051 Couple of the local boys get up with their accordions and fiddles. 1270 01:04:03,135 --> 01:04:05,262 And someone brings out an ugly stick. 1271 01:04:05,345 --> 01:04:06,346 Yeah! 1272 01:04:23,530 --> 01:04:26,783 Farewell to all you pretty ladies Waving from the dock 1273 01:04:26,867 --> 01:04:29,995 Heave away, me jollies Heave away 1274 01:04:30,662 --> 01:04:33,916 And if we do return to you We'll make your cradles rock 1275 01:04:33,999 --> 01:04:37,211 Heave away, me jolly boys We're all bound away 1276 01:04:37,294 --> 01:04:40,380 Farewell, you Newfoundlander boys You're leaving us alone 1277 01:04:40,464 --> 01:04:43,550 Heave away, me jollies Heave away 1278 01:04:44,343 --> 01:04:47,679 And if you find another We've got lovers of our own 1279 01:04:47,763 --> 01:04:51,892 Heave away, me jolly boys We're all bound away 1280 01:04:51,975 --> 01:04:53,852 Then we get the karaoke going. 1281 01:04:54,394 --> 01:04:57,356 Near, far 1282 01:04:57,439 --> 01:05:02,569 Wherever we are 1283 01:05:03,946 --> 01:05:05,989 Then we decide to have a bit of a ceremony. 1284 01:05:06,073 --> 01:05:09,368 Let's make these people honorary Newfoundlanders! 1285 01:05:09,451 --> 01:05:13,247 Now, there's a solemn old tradition For admission or audition 1286 01:05:13,330 --> 01:05:15,249 To transition From a come from away 1287 01:05:15,332 --> 01:05:16,708 To be a Newfoundlander 1288 01:05:16,792 --> 01:05:18,961 The only other way, at any rate 1289 01:05:19,044 --> 01:05:20,838 Is pass away and pray to fate 1290 01:05:20,921 --> 01:05:22,422 And wait to reincarnate 1291 01:05:22,506 --> 01:05:23,757 As a Newfoundlander 1292 01:05:23,841 --> 01:05:27,386 Hey, hey, come on inside Nothing ventured, nothing tried 1293 01:05:27,469 --> 01:05:29,012 Only a couple of people cried 1294 01:05:29,096 --> 01:05:30,764 You'll be a Newfoundlander 1295 01:05:30,848 --> 01:05:34,184 Hey, hey, sit down right there You'll feel better in a year 1296 01:05:34,268 --> 01:05:36,061 Try to ignore your doubts and fears 1297 01:05:36,144 --> 01:05:38,021 And you'll be a Newfoundlander 1298 01:05:38,105 --> 01:05:40,691 Now we needs a couple of volunteers. 1299 01:05:40,774 --> 01:05:42,860 Who wants to become a Newfoundlander? 1300 01:05:42,943 --> 01:05:44,069 Right here! 1301 01:05:44,152 --> 01:05:45,571 Good man! Who else? 1302 01:05:45,654 --> 01:05:48,323 I have no idea why I put up my hand. And Kevin's like… 1303 01:05:48,407 --> 01:05:50,951 Oh, my God. Are you serious? Oh, my God. You are serious. 1304 01:05:51,034 --> 01:05:52,202 Yes, I'm serious. 1305 01:05:52,286 --> 01:05:54,086 - Don't do it if you don't want to. - I won't. 1306 01:05:54,121 --> 01:05:56,206 - Where you from, buddy? - Los Angeles. 1307 01:05:56,290 --> 01:05:57,958 LA! Who else? 1308 01:05:58,041 --> 01:06:00,502 Us! We wanna be Newfoundlanders. 1309 01:06:00,586 --> 01:06:02,004 All right. Where you folks from? 1310 01:06:02,087 --> 01:06:03,672 - Texas... - Texas! 1311 01:06:03,755 --> 01:06:05,883 - What part of Texas you from, buddy? - No, no. I'm... 1312 01:06:05,966 --> 01:06:09,178 - I'm from Texas. He's from England. - Well, wait. 1313 01:06:09,261 --> 01:06:10,971 - Now, how does that work? - What? 1314 01:06:11,054 --> 01:06:13,098 - How does what work? - How does your marriage work? 1315 01:06:13,182 --> 01:06:15,392 With you being in England, her in Texas. 1316 01:06:15,475 --> 01:06:16,852 We're not married. 1317 01:06:16,935 --> 01:06:18,979 I'm sorry. I assumed you were married. 1318 01:06:19,062 --> 01:06:20,063 - No, no. - No. 1319 01:06:20,147 --> 01:06:21,440 Well, would you like to be? 1320 01:06:22,024 --> 01:06:23,692 Well, why not? 1321 01:06:25,068 --> 01:06:29,364 Diane had had two beers by then, so it was probably the alcohol talking. 1322 01:06:29,448 --> 01:06:32,242 I've never had more than one beer at a time before, 1323 01:06:32,326 --> 01:06:34,411 so it's probably the alcohol talking. 1324 01:06:35,287 --> 01:06:36,872 I went and got us two more beers. 1325 01:06:36,955 --> 01:06:41,084 Now, the first part is the easiest We'll soon get to the queasiest 1326 01:06:41,168 --> 01:06:42,711 I'll need you to repeat this mess 1327 01:06:42,794 --> 01:06:44,505 When you become a Newfoundlander 1328 01:06:44,588 --> 01:06:46,340 'Cause we speaks A different language, son 1329 01:06:46,423 --> 01:06:48,008 We adds some esses and some rum 1330 01:06:48,091 --> 01:06:50,010 You'll have to try a good cod tongue 1331 01:06:50,093 --> 01:06:51,720 When you become a Newfoundlander 1332 01:06:51,803 --> 01:06:55,098 Hey, hey, just do your best Nothing scary, nothing yet 1333 01:06:55,182 --> 01:06:56,902 You'll have to change The way you're dressed 1334 01:06:56,975 --> 01:06:58,644 And you'll be a Newfoundlander 1335 01:06:58,727 --> 01:07:02,105 Hey, hey, just sing along Nothing ventured, just prolonged 1336 01:07:02,189 --> 01:07:05,901 - There's 30 verses in this song - And you'll be a Newfoundlander 1337 01:07:05,984 --> 01:07:09,530 Ladies and gentlemen, this is Screech. 1338 01:07:09,613 --> 01:07:12,449 Back in World War II, an officer was stationed here 1339 01:07:12,533 --> 01:07:15,035 and was offered some of this stuff. 1340 01:07:15,118 --> 01:07:18,455 All the locals were tossing it back with nar' a quiver, 1341 01:07:18,539 --> 01:07:21,583 so he does too and lets out an ear-piercing… 1342 01:07:22,751 --> 01:07:25,295 Everybody comes to see what's happened and says… 1343 01:07:25,379 --> 01:07:27,548 "What was that ungodly screech?" 1344 01:07:27,631 --> 01:07:29,550 And now it's your turn. Are you ready? 1345 01:07:29,633 --> 01:07:31,260 No, I'm not ready. 1346 01:07:31,343 --> 01:07:32,344 No thank you. 1347 01:07:32,427 --> 01:07:34,137 - All together now! One! - One! 1348 01:07:34,221 --> 01:07:35,055 - Two! - Two! 1349 01:07:35,138 --> 01:07:35,973 - Three! - Three! 1350 01:07:36,056 --> 01:07:37,266 Down the hatch! 1351 01:07:38,684 --> 01:07:41,019 Screech is basically bad Jamaican rum. 1352 01:07:41,103 --> 01:07:42,563 Screech is horrific. 1353 01:07:42,646 --> 01:07:44,690 Screech is delicious! 1354 01:07:44,773 --> 01:07:46,441 And then they brought the cod. 1355 01:07:47,150 --> 01:07:48,360 The cod! 1356 01:07:48,986 --> 01:07:50,696 - The cod? - The cod! 1357 01:07:52,030 --> 01:07:55,826 Now, with every transformation Comes a tiny bit of risk 1358 01:07:55,909 --> 01:07:57,160 You gotta walk the plank 1359 01:07:57,244 --> 01:07:59,204 And there'll be blood Or there'll be bliss 1360 01:07:59,288 --> 01:08:02,499 And it's the same to be a Newfoundlander Every person's wish 1361 01:08:02,583 --> 01:08:04,668 So don't be dumb Just take the plunge 1362 01:08:04,751 --> 01:08:06,461 Go on, kiss the fish 1363 01:08:06,545 --> 01:08:08,088 I'm an islander, I am an islander… 1364 01:08:08,172 --> 01:08:11,383 Ladies and gentlemen, this is a genuine freshly caught Newfoundland cod. 1365 01:08:11,466 --> 01:08:14,720 And if you want to become an honorary Newfoundlander, 1366 01:08:14,803 --> 01:08:16,513 you'll have to give her a smooch! 1367 01:08:16,596 --> 01:08:20,517 …I'm an islander, I am an islander… 1368 01:08:20,600 --> 01:08:22,603 If you kiss that, I will never kiss you again. 1369 01:08:23,979 --> 01:08:25,522 - I'll risk it! - Two! 1370 01:08:26,689 --> 01:08:28,942 I am not kissing a fish! 1371 01:08:29,026 --> 01:08:31,194 Come on! I will if you will. 1372 01:08:31,278 --> 01:08:32,988 Oh, my God. Fine. 1373 01:08:33,071 --> 01:08:34,072 …I am an islander… 1374 01:08:34,156 --> 01:08:35,741 Three! 1375 01:08:36,491 --> 01:08:37,492 I can't do it. 1376 01:08:37,576 --> 01:08:39,161 - Come on! - What? I just did! 1377 01:08:39,243 --> 01:08:42,206 Now, you gotta kiss the cod. It's a vital part of the ceremony. 1378 01:08:42,288 --> 01:08:43,290 I can't do it. 1379 01:08:43,372 --> 01:08:44,601 All right, look, I'll make you a deal. 1380 01:08:44,625 --> 01:08:46,417 Either you kiss this fish 1381 01:08:46,502 --> 01:08:49,254 or else you kiss this Englishman that you're not married to. 1382 01:08:49,337 --> 01:08:50,756 - Wait, what? - Okay. 1383 01:08:53,466 --> 01:08:56,845 Hey, hey, come on tonight Take a risk and take a ride 1384 01:08:56,929 --> 01:08:58,555 Jump right in with both feet tied 1385 01:08:58,639 --> 01:09:00,515 And you'll be a Newfoundlander 1386 01:09:00,599 --> 01:09:03,727 Hey, hey, come on once more Nothing ventured, nothing sore 1387 01:09:03,810 --> 01:09:05,520 After it's over, out the door 1388 01:09:05,604 --> 01:09:07,856 And you'll be a Newfoundlander 1389 01:09:07,939 --> 01:09:10,399 After it's over 1390 01:09:10,484 --> 01:09:12,778 You'll remember 1391 01:09:12,861 --> 01:09:19,535 That you're a Newfoundlander 1392 01:09:26,792 --> 01:09:28,001 Hey! Good job, LA. 1393 01:09:28,669 --> 01:09:29,752 Good night, now! 1394 01:09:30,962 --> 01:09:32,130 Kevin? 1395 01:09:33,298 --> 01:09:34,299 Where did you go? 1396 01:09:35,551 --> 01:09:36,551 Kevin? 1397 01:09:42,265 --> 01:09:47,813 My parents must have thought They had a crazy kid 1398 01:09:49,314 --> 01:09:55,946 'Cause I was one of those kids Who always knew what I wanted 1399 01:09:56,780 --> 01:10:01,451 They took me down to the airport To see all the planes departing 1400 01:10:01,535 --> 01:10:05,163 Watching them fly Something inside of me was starting 1401 01:10:05,247 --> 01:10:09,877 I was eight when I told 'em That I'd be a pilot 1402 01:10:11,044 --> 01:10:14,840 But I was too young and too short And there were no female captains 1403 01:10:14,923 --> 01:10:18,802 And my dad said, "Be patient" He said, "Just see what happens" 1404 01:10:18,886 --> 01:10:21,847 But I took my first lesson Came down from the sky 1405 01:10:21,930 --> 01:10:25,726 And told my father I'd fly For the rest of my life 1406 01:10:25,809 --> 01:10:29,229 And I got my first job Flying for a mortician 1407 01:10:29,313 --> 01:10:32,608 In a tiny Bonanza Just a corpse and me 1408 01:10:32,691 --> 01:10:36,069 Five dollars an hour For flying dead bodies 1409 01:10:36,153 --> 01:10:39,573 I had to climb over their faces Just to get to my seat 1410 01:10:40,157 --> 01:10:44,494 And suddenly the wheels lift off 1411 01:10:44,578 --> 01:10:48,290 The ground is falling backwards 1412 01:10:48,373 --> 01:10:54,129 I am suddenly alive 1413 01:10:54,213 --> 01:10:57,674 Suddenly I'm in the cockpit 1414 01:10:57,758 --> 01:11:01,220 Suddenly everything's changed 1415 01:11:01,303 --> 01:11:04,306 Suddenly I'm not Too young or too short 1416 01:11:04,389 --> 01:11:08,227 And the passengers In the back don't complain 1417 01:11:08,310 --> 01:11:11,897 Suddenly I'm flying company charters 1418 01:11:11,980 --> 01:11:15,442 Suddenly everything's high 1419 01:11:15,526 --> 01:11:18,278 Suddenly there's nothing in between 1420 01:11:18,362 --> 01:11:22,574 Me and the sky 1421 01:11:25,202 --> 01:11:31,542 American Airlines Had the prettiest planes 1422 01:11:31,625 --> 01:11:35,170 So I applied as a flight engineer 1423 01:11:35,254 --> 01:11:39,007 But the World War II pilots They all complained 1424 01:11:39,091 --> 01:11:41,885 They said "Girls shouldn't be in the cockpit" 1425 01:11:41,969 --> 01:11:46,056 "Hey, lady. Hey, baby. Hey! Why don't you grab us a drink?" 1426 01:11:46,139 --> 01:11:49,226 And the flight attendants Weren't my friends back then 1427 01:11:49,309 --> 01:11:52,771 And they said "Are you better than us, do you think?" 1428 01:11:54,273 --> 01:11:57,526 But I kept getting hired 1429 01:11:57,609 --> 01:12:00,696 And the World War II crew They retired 1430 01:12:00,779 --> 01:12:05,409 And the girls all thought Much higher of me 1431 01:12:05,492 --> 01:12:11,582 1986, the first female American captain in history! 1432 01:12:11,665 --> 01:12:15,377 Suddenly I'm in the cockpit 1433 01:12:15,460 --> 01:12:18,755 Suddenly I've got my wings 1434 01:12:18,839 --> 01:12:22,843 Suddenly all of those pilots Protesting me 1435 01:12:22,926 --> 01:12:25,137 Well, they can get their own drinks 1436 01:12:26,138 --> 01:12:29,641 Suddenly there's no one saying "Stay grounded" 1437 01:12:29,725 --> 01:12:33,187 Looking down, passing them by 1438 01:12:33,270 --> 01:12:38,859 Suddenly there's nothing in between Me and the sky 1439 01:12:38,942 --> 01:12:42,404 Suddenly I've got an all-female crew 1440 01:12:42,487 --> 01:12:46,074 The news caught And made headlines across the world 1441 01:12:46,158 --> 01:12:47,701 Suddenly it stopped 1442 01:12:47,784 --> 01:12:49,369 - No one's saying - "You can't" 1443 01:12:49,453 --> 01:12:50,454 - Or - "You won't" 1444 01:12:50,537 --> 01:12:54,208 Or "You know you're not anything 'Cause you're a girl" 1445 01:12:54,291 --> 01:12:56,793 Suddenly I'm getting married 1446 01:12:56,877 --> 01:13:01,256 And we're putting pins on a map Where we've flown 1447 01:13:01,340 --> 01:13:04,301 Suddenly I am a mother 1448 01:13:04,384 --> 01:13:08,096 And suddenly shocked At how much they've grown 1449 01:13:08,180 --> 01:13:12,142 Suddenly I'm wondering How my parents would feel 1450 01:13:12,226 --> 01:13:15,312 Seeing me teaching men to be pilots 1451 01:13:15,395 --> 01:13:18,774 'Cause suddenly I am A senior instructor 1452 01:13:18,857 --> 01:13:21,944 And somehow I'm 51 1453 01:13:22,611 --> 01:13:25,864 Suddenly I'm flying Paris to Dallas 1454 01:13:25,948 --> 01:13:29,159 Across the Atlantic and feeling calm 1455 01:13:29,243 --> 01:13:32,871 When suddenly Someone on air-to-air traffic says 1456 01:13:32,955 --> 01:13:36,291 "At 8:46 There's been a terrorist action" 1457 01:13:36,375 --> 01:13:39,169 And the one thing I loved more than anything 1458 01:13:39,253 --> 01:13:40,629 Was used as the bomb 1459 01:13:44,258 --> 01:13:48,136 Suddenly I'm in a hotel 1460 01:13:49,471 --> 01:13:55,143 Suddenly something has died 1461 01:13:56,103 --> 01:14:01,775 Suddenly there's something in between 1462 01:14:03,569 --> 01:14:05,946 Me and the... 1463 01:14:08,407 --> 01:14:11,076 Hello? I'm on my way. 1464 01:14:11,702 --> 01:14:13,370 - 1:34 a.m. - Friday. 1465 01:14:13,453 --> 01:14:17,499 September 14th. Shelters will be alerted as each plane is cleared to go. 1466 01:14:18,125 --> 01:14:20,127 Our pilot says to pack up. 1467 01:14:20,752 --> 01:14:24,464 It's sudden notice. Middle of the night, and we're leaving in an hour. 1468 01:14:25,424 --> 01:14:29,052 But these people, they make these bag lunches 1469 01:14:29,136 --> 01:14:32,931 and form a gauntlet handing 'em out. 1470 01:14:33,015 --> 01:14:35,976 And we all walk through it, get our lunches 1471 01:14:36,059 --> 01:14:38,395 and say goodbye to all of 'em. 1472 01:14:38,478 --> 01:14:40,689 We try to give 'em money, but they won't take it. 1473 01:14:40,772 --> 01:14:42,566 No, m'son. You would've done the same. 1474 01:14:42,649 --> 01:14:45,360 - I drank all your whiskey. - I would've done the same. 1475 01:14:46,820 --> 01:14:47,946 Good morning. 1476 01:14:48,947 --> 01:14:52,618 - You were snoring. - My head hurts. 1477 01:14:52,701 --> 01:14:54,036 You had a couple. 1478 01:14:54,536 --> 01:14:56,288 Did I kiss the fish? 1479 01:14:56,371 --> 01:14:57,831 What, don't you... 1480 01:14:57,915 --> 01:14:58,916 Yes, you did. 1481 01:14:59,583 --> 01:15:01,126 Good. Wait... 1482 01:15:01,210 --> 01:15:03,921 We're running out of time. Our plane could be the next one to go. 1483 01:15:04,546 --> 01:15:06,465 Our plane could be the next one to go. 1484 01:15:08,717 --> 01:15:11,637 - Are you still upset that I kissed a fish? - No. 1485 01:15:11,720 --> 01:15:14,348 I'm upset because I left the bar and you didn't even notice. 1486 01:15:14,431 --> 01:15:16,826 - You left without telling me. - After everything that's happened, 1487 01:15:16,850 --> 01:15:19,353 you're out there acting like it's okay, and it's not okay. 1488 01:15:19,436 --> 01:15:20,521 I know! 1489 01:15:21,355 --> 01:15:23,524 But I'm not just gonna shut myself inside. 1490 01:15:24,983 --> 01:15:27,152 Let's just get back to LA. 1491 01:15:27,236 --> 01:15:30,197 While you're in Dallas, I'd love to have you over. 1492 01:15:30,280 --> 01:15:33,450 I tried to change my flight to New York. They wouldn't do it. 1493 01:15:33,534 --> 01:15:36,578 My conference was canceled, so I head back to London immediately. 1494 01:15:36,662 --> 01:15:39,665 - I don't understand. Why would... - I just need to be back home. 1495 01:15:39,748 --> 01:15:42,209 - Back home. - Back home? 1496 01:15:42,292 --> 01:15:43,293 Back home? 1497 01:15:44,044 --> 01:15:46,672 Well, all good things, right? 1498 01:15:48,131 --> 01:15:51,885 As the plane people leave, they keep stopping us, thanking us, 1499 01:15:51,969 --> 01:15:54,388 trying to give us money. But we say... 1500 01:15:54,471 --> 01:15:56,598 No, buddy. You would've done the same. 1501 01:15:56,682 --> 01:15:59,601 But one guy keeps insisting until Beulah finally tells him… 1502 01:15:59,685 --> 01:16:04,356 Look, you can slip it in the suggestion box down at town hall. 1503 01:16:04,439 --> 01:16:07,109 But, honestly, we're happy with a thank-you on your way out. 1504 01:16:07,192 --> 01:16:10,696 Captain Bristol, that pilot from Virgin Atlantic, 1505 01:16:10,779 --> 01:16:13,699 he comes to find me to help him round up his passengers. 1506 01:16:13,782 --> 01:16:17,411 Annette, my darling. 1507 01:16:17,494 --> 01:16:21,957 Before I leave, I need to thank you for everything we've shared. 1508 01:16:22,040 --> 01:16:26,128 Though I travel home today, I leave my heart behind. 1509 01:16:27,921 --> 01:16:28,922 - Annette! - Don't. 1510 01:16:29,006 --> 01:16:30,007 Get... 1511 01:16:30,090 --> 01:16:31,508 - Goodbye! Take care! - Bye now! 1512 01:16:31,592 --> 01:16:33,594 - Take care now! - Tell us when the baby's born! 1513 01:16:33,677 --> 01:16:35,429 Don't be a stranger! 1514 01:16:36,805 --> 01:16:39,266 We get down to the airport, and it's chaos. 1515 01:16:39,349 --> 01:16:41,935 Passengers dropped off from multiple flights. 1516 01:16:42,019 --> 01:16:43,478 Every bag has to be emptied. 1517 01:16:43,562 --> 01:16:45,272 No scissors, no nail clippers. 1518 01:16:45,355 --> 01:16:47,983 If any bags are unidentified, they'll be blown up. 1519 01:16:48,066 --> 01:16:50,485 Then someone says there's issues with security. 1520 01:16:50,569 --> 01:16:53,155 One of my flight attendants comes to find me, and she says… 1521 01:16:53,238 --> 01:16:54,990 There's a Muslim man on our flight. 1522 01:16:55,657 --> 01:16:58,660 I saw him praying, and he's been acting suspicious. 1523 01:16:59,536 --> 01:17:01,663 He doesn't have a carry-on, and... 1524 01:17:03,290 --> 01:17:05,292 I'm not getting back on that plane with him. 1525 01:17:07,878 --> 01:17:10,380 I arrive at the airport and am pulled out of line. 1526 01:17:10,881 --> 01:17:14,301 I am responsible for the safety of my passengers and my crew. 1527 01:17:14,384 --> 01:17:19,723 And Security tells me that any perceived threats must be taken extremely seriously. 1528 01:17:19,806 --> 01:17:23,310 They bring me into a private room, and he's brought in for questioning. 1529 01:17:24,895 --> 01:17:27,856 At first, I do not understand what the police are asking. 1530 01:17:29,149 --> 01:17:30,150 And then I do. 1531 01:17:31,652 --> 01:17:34,321 In my culture, there is a word, awrah. 1532 01:17:35,155 --> 01:17:37,574 The area between your stomach and your knees. 1533 01:17:38,534 --> 01:17:42,871 It is forbidden in my religion for anyone to see this but my wife. 1534 01:17:42,955 --> 01:17:47,042 To have a woman in the room watching this, watching me… 1535 01:17:48,752 --> 01:17:50,087 You can't understand. 1536 01:17:50,170 --> 01:17:52,923 It is the most thorough body search I've ever witnessed. 1537 01:17:53,006 --> 01:17:54,758 When it's over, I find him and tell him… 1538 01:17:54,842 --> 01:17:57,344 I am so very sorry that happened. 1539 01:18:00,305 --> 01:18:01,765 Am I free to go now? 1540 01:18:03,058 --> 01:18:04,560 When are we leaving? 1541 01:18:04,643 --> 01:18:07,604 Good morning! We are one of the first flights to leave, 1542 01:18:07,688 --> 01:18:10,232 which makes us one of the lucky ones, 1543 01:18:10,315 --> 01:18:13,235 as some planes may still be here for quite some time. 1544 01:18:13,318 --> 01:18:15,988 Now, I have no control over this. 1545 01:18:16,071 --> 01:18:18,657 You have paid for a flight from Paris to Dallas, 1546 01:18:18,740 --> 01:18:21,076 and if I get clearance, I'll take you to Dallas. 1547 01:18:21,159 --> 01:18:25,163 But if I am not cleared for Dallas, I have to take you back to France. 1548 01:18:25,247 --> 01:18:28,125 But we will make arrangements as quickly as we can 1549 01:18:28,208 --> 01:18:29,877 to get y'all back to the United States 1550 01:18:29,960 --> 01:18:32,212 - and where you need to be. - No, no. I can't go back. 1551 01:18:32,296 --> 01:18:34,464 I just adopted my daughter, and if I don't... 1552 01:18:36,216 --> 01:18:39,011 Hey! Hey! We can vote on this! 1553 01:18:39,094 --> 01:18:41,305 We can make 'em go where we wanna go. 1554 01:18:41,388 --> 01:18:42,681 Well, who is for Dallas? 1555 01:18:42,764 --> 01:18:44,975 Screw that! Who's for Switzerland? 1556 01:18:45,058 --> 01:18:47,227 This is not a democracy! 1557 01:18:47,311 --> 01:18:51,732 I am the captain, and this is coming from American Airlines and the FAA. 1558 01:18:51,815 --> 01:18:54,484 You are not voting on our destination. 1559 01:18:55,777 --> 01:18:58,280 Now, if we have any situation that needs to be dealt with, 1560 01:18:58,363 --> 01:19:00,032 we will be pulled out of line, 1561 01:19:00,115 --> 01:19:02,910 and then we will be the last flight to leave. 1562 01:19:04,745 --> 01:19:06,330 Thank you for your cooperation. 1563 01:19:07,539 --> 01:19:11,335 After hours of waiting, they tell us we're not leaving yet after all. 1564 01:19:11,418 --> 01:19:15,756 4:18 p.m. There's a 747 with a flat tire blocking the runway. 1565 01:19:16,548 --> 01:19:17,841 All planes are stopped. 1566 01:19:17,925 --> 01:19:18,926 No one's taking off. 1567 01:19:19,009 --> 01:19:20,260 Welcome back! 1568 01:19:21,762 --> 01:19:24,848 We're told by our pilot to stay close to our shelter 1569 01:19:24,932 --> 01:19:26,183 so we're ready to go again. 1570 01:19:26,266 --> 01:19:28,602 But Diane wants to take one last look round. 1571 01:19:28,685 --> 01:19:31,522 And I can't let her go by herself. 1572 01:19:31,605 --> 01:19:35,359 And we find a gorgeous lookout. 1573 01:19:35,442 --> 01:19:37,152 The Dover Fault. 1574 01:19:37,236 --> 01:19:39,446 There's about a million stairs. 1575 01:19:39,530 --> 01:19:41,532 It's beautiful. 1576 01:19:41,615 --> 01:19:44,368 Nick! You gotta see this. 1577 01:19:44,451 --> 01:19:45,953 Wow! 1578 01:19:46,036 --> 01:19:48,080 I can't believe we're here. 1579 01:19:48,163 --> 01:19:49,164 I know. 1580 01:19:49,248 --> 01:19:51,166 I can't believe we're leaving. 1581 01:19:51,792 --> 01:19:52,835 I don't want to go. 1582 01:19:53,585 --> 01:19:54,586 What did you say? 1583 01:19:55,170 --> 01:19:57,548 I don't know. I... 1584 01:19:57,631 --> 01:19:59,299 I'm going to take a picture or two. 1585 01:20:00,300 --> 01:20:01,468 Okay. 1586 01:20:03,637 --> 01:20:07,558 Stop the world Take a picture 1587 01:20:07,641 --> 01:20:12,521 Try to capture To ensure this moment lasts 1588 01:20:12,604 --> 01:20:16,692 We're still in it But in a minute 1589 01:20:16,775 --> 01:20:21,530 That's the limit And this present will be past 1590 01:20:21,613 --> 01:20:27,703 So here we are Where the world has come together 1591 01:20:29,121 --> 01:20:35,252 So here she'll be In this picture forever 1592 01:20:36,920 --> 01:20:38,130 Look at this. 1593 01:20:38,213 --> 01:20:43,802 540 million years ago, the continents of the world crashed together right here. 1594 01:20:43,886 --> 01:20:47,055 And 200 million years ago, they separated again, 1595 01:20:47,139 --> 01:20:48,849 moving apart from each other... 1596 01:20:49,349 --> 01:20:52,769 But a little part of them was left behind. 1597 01:20:53,770 --> 01:20:56,565 I should move. You're missing all the scenery. 1598 01:20:56,648 --> 01:20:58,317 No, no, no. Stay where you are. 1599 01:20:58,400 --> 01:21:01,278 - Really? - Really. It's perfect. 1600 01:21:03,238 --> 01:21:07,117 Stop the world Seize the moment 1601 01:21:07,201 --> 01:21:11,371 But the minute he goes You're alone and it's through 1602 01:21:11,455 --> 01:21:12,915 Pinch yourself 1603 01:21:12,998 --> 01:21:16,168 Tell yourself You're just dreaming 1604 01:21:16,251 --> 01:21:19,004 That means he'll forget about you 1605 01:21:19,087 --> 01:21:22,007 But here we are 1606 01:21:22,090 --> 01:21:27,346 Where the continents Once crashed together 1607 01:21:27,429 --> 01:21:34,019 Before they went Their separate ways forever 1608 01:21:34,102 --> 01:21:36,563 - So stop the world - Stop the world 1609 01:21:36,647 --> 01:21:38,774 - Stop the world - Stop the world 1610 01:21:38,857 --> 01:21:42,903 - Stop the world - From spinning round 1611 01:21:42,986 --> 01:21:45,614 I'm on a lookout 1612 01:21:45,697 --> 01:21:47,282 Overlooking something 1613 01:21:47,366 --> 01:21:51,703 Worth taking the time To stop flying by 1614 01:21:51,787 --> 01:21:53,247 - And look down - Stop the world 1615 01:21:53,330 --> 01:21:55,749 - Stop being scared - And look round 1616 01:21:55,832 --> 01:21:57,501 - And look round - Stop the world 1617 01:21:57,584 --> 01:21:59,878 - Just tell him now - Just tell her now 1618 01:21:59,962 --> 01:22:02,172 And look now 1619 01:22:02,256 --> 01:22:04,591 Take a picture of the scenery 1620 01:22:04,675 --> 01:22:08,512 Of a lookout Of a moment which is over 1621 01:22:08,595 --> 01:22:11,139 Of the ocean, of the river 1622 01:22:11,223 --> 01:22:14,935 Of the trees 1623 01:22:19,857 --> 01:22:24,361 Stop the world please 1624 01:22:24,444 --> 01:22:26,363 9:35 a.m. 1625 01:22:26,446 --> 01:22:28,448 - Saturday. - September 15th. 1626 01:22:28,532 --> 01:22:31,368 Finally, they get the planes going again, 1627 01:22:31,451 --> 01:22:34,162 and I go down to tell the Make-A-Wish kids 1628 01:22:34,246 --> 01:22:38,417 that they're being sent home without getting to Disney World after all. 1629 01:22:38,500 --> 01:22:42,087 But they're not sad about it. They're going on hayrides, canoe rides, 1630 01:22:42,171 --> 01:22:46,216 and someone dresses up as the town mascot, Commander Gander. 1631 01:22:46,800 --> 01:22:49,511 And it turns out if they'd made it to Orlando, 1632 01:22:49,595 --> 01:22:51,430 they would've had four days of rain. 1633 01:22:52,306 --> 01:22:56,810 I am just doing one more litter scoop, then I'll get them on their planes! 1634 01:22:58,061 --> 01:22:59,062 Lyle. 1635 01:22:59,605 --> 01:23:01,523 You're a beautiful cat. 1636 01:23:01,607 --> 01:23:05,736 I taped your pill bottle to your carrier and made sure someone will see it. 1637 01:23:05,819 --> 01:23:07,738 You did good. You're gonna be fine. 1638 01:23:08,322 --> 01:23:10,490 Yeah, Ralph, you're a good cocker spaniel. 1639 01:23:10,991 --> 01:23:13,327 I know the night security crew ran you a bit ragged, 1640 01:23:13,410 --> 01:23:15,746 so I want you to get some sleep on the plane, okay? 1641 01:23:17,539 --> 01:23:18,540 Okay. 1642 01:23:20,918 --> 01:23:21,919 Unga. 1643 01:23:22,711 --> 01:23:27,007 I never met a rare bonobo chimpanzee before. 1644 01:23:27,090 --> 01:23:29,968 We don't get many of 'em here in Newfoundland. 1645 01:23:30,052 --> 01:23:33,180 And since your partner there likes to throw his own feces, 1646 01:23:33,263 --> 01:23:37,142 I'm gonna say you're the nicest rare bonobo chimpanzee I ever met. 1647 01:23:38,519 --> 01:23:40,229 And I want you to know I'm sorry. 1648 01:23:41,355 --> 01:23:43,398 I'm sorry you lost your baby. 1649 01:23:44,942 --> 01:23:50,656 I got three. Some days they are more trouble than they are worth. 1650 01:23:53,075 --> 01:23:55,786 Anyway, you're gonna be okay. 1651 01:23:58,080 --> 01:24:01,291 The winds start to pick up. 50-mile-an-hour winds. 1652 01:24:01,375 --> 01:24:02,709 We have been here too long. 1653 01:24:02,793 --> 01:24:05,170 We're still on the ground, there's a hurricane coming, 1654 01:24:05,254 --> 01:24:07,548 and I'm thinking, "We're running out of time." 1655 01:24:07,631 --> 01:24:10,050 We have to leave. We have to leave now. 1656 01:24:11,009 --> 01:24:13,428 One plane, then another 1657 01:24:13,512 --> 01:24:16,932 And then nine planes, then another 1658 01:24:17,015 --> 01:24:21,103 - And then 13 planes, then another - Nineteen planes, then another 1659 01:24:21,186 --> 01:24:24,606 - Twenty-two, twenty-four - Twenty-nine, thirty-two 1660 01:24:24,690 --> 01:24:27,693 - Thirty-eight, thirty-eight - Thirty-eight, thirty-eight 1661 01:24:27,776 --> 01:24:29,838 - Thirty-eight, thirty-eight - Thirty-eight, thirty-eight 1662 01:24:29,862 --> 01:24:31,655 Thirty, thirty, thirty-eight planes 1663 01:24:31,738 --> 01:24:34,867 Ladies and gentlemen If you look out your windows 1664 01:24:34,950 --> 01:24:38,537 Underneath all that rain is Maine 1665 01:24:38,620 --> 01:24:42,082 We've just crossed the Canadian border 1666 01:24:42,165 --> 01:24:48,672 Welcome back to the US of A! 1667 01:24:48,755 --> 01:24:51,508 Looking out the window At the world underneath 1668 01:24:51,592 --> 01:24:55,304 And though he's here next to me In a second, he'll go 1669 01:24:55,387 --> 01:24:58,098 - Looking out the window - Kevin, talk to me, please 1670 01:24:58,182 --> 01:25:02,603 - And out the window we see - A place we all know below 1671 01:25:02,686 --> 01:25:04,563 Is this on? It's on. 1672 01:25:04,646 --> 01:25:06,190 Sorry, everyone... Hi! 1673 01:25:06,273 --> 01:25:09,610 Like most everyone I am sorry saying goodbye 1674 01:25:09,693 --> 01:25:12,779 So I wanted to thank them For all that they did 1675 01:25:12,863 --> 01:25:16,200 So I'm doing just that And I'm passing a hat 1676 01:25:16,283 --> 01:25:18,869 For the people who gave up their time 1677 01:25:18,952 --> 01:25:20,579 And they gave up their town 1678 01:25:20,662 --> 01:25:24,625 So let's give 'em a scholarship Pass the hat down, 'cause 1679 01:25:24,708 --> 01:25:30,088 Somewhere In the middle of nowhere 1680 01:25:30,172 --> 01:25:34,092 - In the middle of who-knows-where - Who knows 1681 01:25:34,176 --> 01:25:38,222 There you'll find 1682 01:25:38,305 --> 01:25:43,769 Something In the middle of nowhere 1683 01:25:43,852 --> 01:25:47,397 In the middle of clear, blue air 1684 01:25:47,481 --> 01:25:53,237 You found your heart But left a part of you behind 1685 01:25:54,112 --> 01:25:57,324 Nick and I sit together, and I just... I wanna say something, 1686 01:25:57,407 --> 01:25:58,951 but we're leaving, and it's over. 1687 01:25:59,034 --> 01:26:01,161 Then she starts crying. I don't know what to say. 1688 01:26:01,245 --> 01:26:04,790 So I just put my arm round her and go to kiss her on the forehead to comfort her. 1689 01:26:04,873 --> 01:26:06,625 Well, and there was some turbulence, 1690 01:26:06,708 --> 01:26:09,336 and, honestly, I just thought he missed. So I… 1691 01:26:12,297 --> 01:26:15,467 Ladies and gentlemen If you look out your windows 1692 01:26:15,551 --> 01:26:19,054 You won't wanna miss this We just entered Texas! 1693 01:26:19,137 --> 01:26:21,181 - Somewhere - Somewhere 1694 01:26:21,265 --> 01:26:24,476 - In the middle of nowhere - Nowhere 1695 01:26:24,560 --> 01:26:28,605 - In the middle of who-knows-where - Who knows 1696 01:26:28,689 --> 01:26:32,568 - There you'll find - Find something in the middle of 1697 01:26:32,651 --> 01:26:34,736 - Something - Something 1698 01:26:34,820 --> 01:26:38,198 - In the middle of nowhere - Nowhere 1699 01:26:38,282 --> 01:26:41,743 In the middle of clear, blue air 1700 01:26:41,827 --> 01:26:47,916 You found your heart But left a part of you behind 1701 01:26:48,000 --> 01:26:50,544 Everyone's drinking and comparing stories. 1702 01:26:50,627 --> 01:26:52,337 Where did you stay? What did you do? 1703 01:26:52,421 --> 01:26:56,216 But mostly Nick and I spend the plane ride home canoodling in the back. 1704 01:26:56,300 --> 01:26:58,844 At one point, a flight attendant comes round saying… 1705 01:26:58,927 --> 01:27:00,137 Hot towel? 1706 01:27:00,220 --> 01:27:01,221 Hot towel? 1707 01:27:02,014 --> 01:27:03,182 Cold towel? 1708 01:27:04,391 --> 01:27:05,767 Somewhere in between 1709 01:27:05,851 --> 01:27:07,895 The pace of life and work And where you're going 1710 01:27:07,978 --> 01:27:10,981 Something makes you stop and notice And you're finally in the moment 1711 01:27:11,064 --> 01:27:16,695 Somewhere In the middle of nowhere 1712 01:27:16,778 --> 01:27:20,782 - In the middle of who-knows-where - Who knows 1713 01:27:20,866 --> 01:27:24,995 There you'll find 1714 01:27:25,078 --> 01:27:27,164 - Something - Something 1715 01:27:27,247 --> 01:27:30,501 - In the middle of nowhere - Nowhere 1716 01:27:30,584 --> 01:27:34,046 In the middle of clear, blue air 1717 01:27:34,129 --> 01:27:38,675 You found your heart But left a part of you behind 1718 01:27:38,759 --> 01:27:42,429 Ladies and gentlemen Put your seats back and tray tables up 1719 01:27:42,513 --> 01:27:45,807 Right below us is The city where I grew up 1720 01:27:45,891 --> 01:27:48,852 Coming round, past the field Then the wheels touch the ground 1721 01:27:48,936 --> 01:27:50,312 - Taxiing - Home, America 1722 01:27:50,395 --> 01:27:52,356 - We're all cheering, we're down - Home in America 1723 01:27:52,439 --> 01:27:53,941 - Thanking everyone - Home, America 1724 01:27:54,024 --> 01:27:55,960 - "Thank you for flying American" - Home in America 1725 01:27:55,984 --> 01:27:57,795 - Hugging them, hugging my crew - Home, America 1726 01:27:57,819 --> 01:27:59,422 - 'Cause we're home again - Home in America 1727 01:27:59,446 --> 01:28:01,246 - Past the gate, up the stairs - Home, America 1728 01:28:01,323 --> 01:28:03,158 - And we're there - Home in America 1729 01:28:03,242 --> 01:28:08,372 - And he's waiting in line - Home 1730 01:28:12,835 --> 01:28:14,962 No, I'm fine, Tom 1731 01:28:15,045 --> 01:28:19,675 I'm fine 1732 01:28:19,758 --> 01:28:21,885 - So… - So… 1733 01:28:21,969 --> 01:28:23,178 So you'll call? 1734 01:28:23,262 --> 01:28:24,429 As soon as I get back. 1735 01:28:25,848 --> 01:28:27,891 - And then she left. - And then he left. 1736 01:28:27,975 --> 01:28:29,476 And then I was alone. 1737 01:28:30,811 --> 01:28:34,314 Back to the way that things were 1738 01:28:34,857 --> 01:28:38,443 Back to the simple and plain 1739 01:28:39,695 --> 01:28:43,657 For five days The weather had been so nice 1740 01:28:43,740 --> 01:28:50,581 But as they boarded It started to rain 1741 01:28:58,422 --> 01:29:02,467 At the end of the day After everyone left 1742 01:29:03,177 --> 01:29:07,514 We all tried to go back to normal Except 1743 01:29:07,598 --> 01:29:12,144 The town was more quiet And somehow far emptier 1744 01:29:12,227 --> 01:29:16,565 We all looked the same But we're different than we were 1745 01:29:16,648 --> 01:29:20,068 The gym was a sight As I stacked the last cot 1746 01:29:21,278 --> 01:29:24,823 Thank-yous written everywhere And things they forgot 1747 01:29:25,449 --> 01:29:29,453 The board of health says "Clean it up, every part" 1748 01:29:29,536 --> 01:29:30,829 So we start 1749 01:29:30,913 --> 01:29:32,748 7:42 a.m. 1750 01:29:32,831 --> 01:29:34,875 - Sunday. - September 16th. 1751 01:29:34,958 --> 01:29:40,797 After five days, they just ran the Zamboni over the ice and played hockey. 1752 01:29:41,965 --> 01:29:43,467 With the plane people gone, 1753 01:29:43,550 --> 01:29:46,678 I tell my staff, "Go home. Get some sleep." 1754 01:29:46,762 --> 01:29:49,473 We were all exhausted, just spent. 1755 01:29:49,556 --> 01:29:52,518 Most of us had been up for five days straight, working. 1756 01:29:52,601 --> 01:29:54,269 But somehow I can't sleep. 1757 01:29:54,353 --> 01:29:58,190 So I sit down, turn on the television, and I just start crying. 1758 01:29:58,774 --> 01:30:01,026 I hadn't let myself cry the whole time. 1759 01:30:03,445 --> 01:30:07,407 Something's gone 1760 01:30:07,491 --> 01:30:09,660 Out the airplane window, I can see Manhattan, 1761 01:30:09,743 --> 01:30:10,869 and there's still smoke. 1762 01:30:10,953 --> 01:30:13,205 And suddenly I'm afraid all over again. 1763 01:30:13,288 --> 01:30:15,082 And there are others afraid too. 1764 01:30:15,165 --> 01:30:18,836 Something's over 1765 01:30:18,919 --> 01:30:20,879 I know Newark Airport. 1766 01:30:20,963 --> 01:30:23,340 You could pull a truck over on the side of the turnpike 1767 01:30:23,423 --> 01:30:26,593 and shoot a grenade launcher at a plane coming in. 1768 01:30:26,677 --> 01:30:31,098 Something's done 1769 01:30:31,974 --> 01:30:33,100 But nothing happens. 1770 01:30:34,184 --> 01:30:38,438 I drive Kevin back to his place. We don't say much. 1771 01:30:38,522 --> 01:30:42,943 Something's missing 1772 01:30:43,026 --> 01:30:45,487 I go straight to his firehouse. 1773 01:30:45,571 --> 01:30:48,365 Part of me wondered if they just weren't telling me. 1774 01:30:48,448 --> 01:30:50,158 But they still don't know. 1775 01:30:50,242 --> 01:30:54,496 Something's changed 1776 01:30:54,580 --> 01:30:57,416 My flat is the same as I left it, but emptier. 1777 01:30:57,499 --> 01:30:58,542 Quieter. 1778 01:30:58,625 --> 01:31:01,670 I start to unpack, and I find the camera. 1779 01:31:01,753 --> 01:31:06,216 Something's rearranged 1780 01:31:06,300 --> 01:31:08,802 On the way to my restaurant, I drop my daughter at school. 1781 01:31:08,886 --> 01:31:11,471 But she won't go in. She says she's scared. 1782 01:31:12,389 --> 01:31:13,640 What do I tell her? 1783 01:31:13,724 --> 01:31:17,561 Something's strained 1784 01:31:17,644 --> 01:31:20,272 Back at my dad's house, I look out the window 1785 01:31:20,355 --> 01:31:22,316 at this view I've looked at my whole life. 1786 01:31:22,399 --> 01:31:25,444 And now a part of it… Something's missing. 1787 01:31:25,527 --> 01:31:29,990 Something's missing 1788 01:31:30,073 --> 01:31:31,200 Kevin breaks up with me. 1789 01:31:31,283 --> 01:31:33,869 And then he quits and moves back home to New York. 1790 01:31:33,952 --> 01:31:35,120 And I miss him. 1791 01:31:35,954 --> 01:31:37,372 I miss his jokes. 1792 01:31:37,456 --> 01:31:41,585 Something's lost 1793 01:31:41,668 --> 01:31:45,047 Nick and I call each other when we can, but it's awful. 1794 01:31:45,130 --> 01:31:48,425 The only reason we met was because this terrible thing happened. 1795 01:31:48,509 --> 01:31:52,721 Some things cost 1796 01:31:52,804 --> 01:31:55,432 I go down to ground zero, which... 1797 01:31:57,100 --> 01:32:00,354 It's like the end of the world. It's literally still burning! 1798 01:32:00,437 --> 01:32:04,233 Something's not 1799 01:32:04,316 --> 01:32:07,361 My dad asks, "Were you okay out where you were stranded?" 1800 01:32:07,444 --> 01:32:12,157 How do I tell him I wasn't just okay, I was so much better? 1801 01:32:12,241 --> 01:32:18,789 Something's missing 1802 01:32:19,498 --> 01:32:22,709 I phone American and say, "I'm ready to go wherever you want to send me." 1803 01:32:22,793 --> 01:32:24,837 But they say, "Take a few days off." 1804 01:32:24,920 --> 01:32:29,216 I phone every day, and I am back in the airport by Thursday… 1805 01:32:30,384 --> 01:32:31,760 and it's empty. 1806 01:32:31,844 --> 01:32:35,013 Silent. It's just a different place. 1807 01:32:35,097 --> 01:32:37,599 And I stop what few passengers there are, and I say, 1808 01:32:37,683 --> 01:32:39,935 "Thank you for still flying." 1809 01:32:41,812 --> 01:32:45,232 Hello. You've reached Gander Academy. This is Beulah Davis. 1810 01:32:46,692 --> 01:32:47,860 How can I help you? 1811 01:32:50,279 --> 01:32:51,697 He's gone. 1812 01:32:54,116 --> 01:32:55,409 It's over. 1813 01:32:55,492 --> 01:32:56,869 Oh, no. 1814 01:32:58,412 --> 01:32:59,788 I'm so sorry, Hannah. 1815 01:33:01,748 --> 01:33:02,791 I'm so sorry. 1816 01:33:05,794 --> 01:33:10,299 You are here 1817 01:33:10,382 --> 01:33:13,218 At the end of a moment 1818 01:33:13,302 --> 01:33:17,472 At the end of the world 1819 01:33:18,015 --> 01:33:21,894 You are here 1820 01:33:21,977 --> 01:33:24,897 On the edge of the ocean 1821 01:33:24,980 --> 01:33:27,649 Where the story ends 1822 01:33:27,733 --> 01:33:30,986 Where the river meets the sea 1823 01:33:31,069 --> 01:33:33,739 - Here - Something's gone 1824 01:33:33,822 --> 01:33:36,658 - Across the Atlantic - Something's over 1825 01:33:36,742 --> 01:33:39,411 - At the office - In an airport 1826 01:33:39,494 --> 01:33:40,495 In my house 1827 01:33:40,579 --> 01:33:42,372 - On an island - Something's rearranged 1828 01:33:42,456 --> 01:33:45,042 - In a classroom - At the station 1829 01:33:45,125 --> 01:33:46,460 In my car 1830 01:33:46,543 --> 01:33:52,341 - And wherever you are - Something's gone 1831 01:33:52,424 --> 01:33:59,264 You are here 1832 01:34:07,523 --> 01:34:10,943 When Gander Town Council declares the state of emergency over, 1833 01:34:11,026 --> 01:34:12,778 it means everything goes back to normal. 1834 01:34:12,861 --> 01:34:13,695 - Garth. - Claude! 1835 01:34:13,779 --> 01:34:14,613 - Look. - Look. 1836 01:34:14,696 --> 01:34:17,824 - Look at it from my perspective. - Will you look at it from my perspective? 1837 01:34:17,908 --> 01:34:21,161 - We've been coming to the table. - We've been coming to the table too! 1838 01:34:21,245 --> 01:34:22,246 Jesus! 1839 01:34:23,121 --> 01:34:25,207 - Morning, Crystal. - Morning, Mr. Mayor. 1840 01:34:25,290 --> 01:34:26,458 - Pepsi? Yeah. - That's right. 1841 01:34:26,542 --> 01:34:28,669 - Morning, Dwight. - Morning, Claude. Garth, Crystal. 1842 01:34:28,752 --> 01:34:30,504 Claude, Crystal, Dwight. Garth. Morning. 1843 01:34:30,587 --> 01:34:31,898 - Morning, boys. - Morning, Janice. 1844 01:34:31,922 --> 01:34:32,756 - Janice. - Janice. 1845 01:34:32,840 --> 01:34:33,841 - Janice. - Janice. 1846 01:34:33,924 --> 01:34:35,801 - What's the news? - Strike still on? 1847 01:34:35,884 --> 01:34:38,929 - Well, we're coming to the table. - Well, we're coming to the table too. 1848 01:34:39,012 --> 01:34:41,139 - They tearing down the airport? - Not today. 1849 01:34:41,223 --> 01:34:43,475 Mr. Mayor, I saw your car in the lot. 1850 01:34:43,559 --> 01:34:45,394 You might want to get down to town hall. 1851 01:34:45,477 --> 01:34:47,563 We just opened the suggestion box. 1852 01:34:47,646 --> 01:34:51,525 When the bank finally converted all the currency from around the world, 1853 01:34:51,608 --> 01:34:55,320 people had donated over $60,000. 1854 01:34:55,404 --> 01:34:58,991 Every day for months, passengers sent back chocolates, flowers… 1855 01:34:59,074 --> 01:35:00,909 Donations of all kinds. 1856 01:35:00,993 --> 01:35:03,328 Postcards and letters came in from everywhere. 1857 01:35:03,412 --> 01:35:04,830 "Dear Miss Beulah, 1858 01:35:04,913 --> 01:35:08,125 When my daughter asks about what happened to me over those five days, 1859 01:35:08,208 --> 01:35:10,169 I tell her about your kindness. 1860 01:35:10,252 --> 01:35:13,172 Thank you again. Sincerely, Ali. 1861 01:35:13,255 --> 01:35:16,550 Please send me the recipe for the fish and the cheese." 1862 01:35:17,718 --> 01:35:21,013 Ralph the cocker spaniel went on to become a champion show dog! 1863 01:35:21,096 --> 01:35:25,517 And Unga the rare bonobo chimpanzee arrived safely at the Columbus Zoo. 1864 01:35:25,601 --> 01:35:29,438 And soon after, she had a baby, which they named Gander. 1865 01:35:30,272 --> 01:35:33,108 Tom Brokaw phones me. Tom Brokaw. 1866 01:35:33,192 --> 01:35:36,361 He's doing a documentary, and since I was the only reporter in town, 1867 01:35:36,445 --> 01:35:38,155 I'm the only one with any footage. 1868 01:35:38,906 --> 01:35:40,407 Tom Brokaw. 1869 01:35:41,200 --> 01:35:42,868 It was a big break, 1870 01:35:42,951 --> 01:35:45,537 but I didn't really like shoving microphones into people's faces 1871 01:35:45,621 --> 01:35:48,248 when they were going through so much, so I stayed here in Gander. 1872 01:35:48,332 --> 01:35:51,210 And I'm still here today on the tenth anniversary. 1873 01:35:52,085 --> 01:35:55,255 I'm reporting live from Newfoundland for BBC. 1874 01:35:55,339 --> 01:35:56,548 - CBC. - CTV. 1875 01:35:56,632 --> 01:35:57,633 Al Jazeera. 1876 01:35:57,716 --> 01:36:00,761 For Rogers TV, I'm Janice Mosher on September 11th. 1877 01:36:00,844 --> 01:36:01,970 2011. 1878 01:36:02,054 --> 01:36:04,723 The town is again filled with come from aways. 1879 01:36:04,806 --> 01:36:07,309 On the tenth anniversary, from all around the world, 1880 01:36:07,392 --> 01:36:09,520 we welcome back the plane people. 1881 01:36:09,603 --> 01:36:12,439 - One, two… - One, two, three, four! 1882 01:36:12,523 --> 01:36:14,942 Welcome to the friends Who have come from away 1883 01:36:15,025 --> 01:36:16,401 - Hep! - Welcome to the locals 1884 01:36:16,485 --> 01:36:18,153 - Who have always said they'd stay - Hep! 1885 01:36:18,237 --> 01:36:21,031 If you're coming from Toledo Or you're coming from Taipei 1886 01:36:21,114 --> 01:36:24,660 - Because we come from everywhere - We all come from away 1887 01:36:24,743 --> 01:36:26,745 - Welcome to the rock - I'm an islander 1888 01:36:26,828 --> 01:36:28,288 I am an islander 1889 01:36:28,372 --> 01:36:31,083 I'm an islander I am an islander 1890 01:36:31,166 --> 01:36:34,211 I'm an islander I am an islander 1891 01:36:34,294 --> 01:36:36,839 I'm an islander I am an islander 1892 01:36:36,922 --> 01:36:39,508 Welcome to our island With its inlets and its bays 1893 01:36:39,591 --> 01:36:42,427 You could keep on heading east But there's an ocean in the way 1894 01:36:42,511 --> 01:36:45,347 Where everything is meant to be But nothing goes as planned 1895 01:36:45,430 --> 01:36:48,767 And the drunkest fellas in the room Are playing in the band 1896 01:36:50,811 --> 01:36:51,979 Welcome to the rock 1897 01:36:54,648 --> 01:36:55,899 With all the new security, 1898 01:36:55,983 --> 01:36:58,277 kids aren't even allowed up to the cockpit anymore. 1899 01:36:58,360 --> 01:36:59,987 Of course, on my retirement flight, 1900 01:37:00,070 --> 01:37:03,782 I brought my whole family up to the cockpit on our way back to Gander. 1901 01:37:03,866 --> 01:37:06,159 I came back with the scholarship money we raised, 1902 01:37:06,243 --> 01:37:07,744 now worth over a million dollars. 1903 01:37:07,828 --> 01:37:11,665 I bring out the Irish whiskey, and we have ourselves a toast. 1904 01:37:11,748 --> 01:37:15,335 Nick and I just couldn't make the long-distance relationship work. 1905 01:37:15,419 --> 01:37:17,921 So I moved to Texas, and then I proposed. 1906 01:37:18,005 --> 01:37:20,591 And we honeymooned in Newfoundland. 1907 01:37:21,341 --> 01:37:24,344 - My new secretary's name is Robin. - What's up? 1908 01:37:25,387 --> 01:37:27,639 Every year on September 11th, I close my office 1909 01:37:27,723 --> 01:37:32,603 and give each employee $100 to go and do random good deeds for strangers. 1910 01:37:33,353 --> 01:37:35,689 It's my way of remembering what happened. 1911 01:37:35,772 --> 01:37:38,775 Beulah and I still keep in touch. 1912 01:37:38,859 --> 01:37:41,069 She even came to visit me in New York. 1913 01:37:41,153 --> 01:37:43,947 And I'll still phone her if I hear a really stupid joke. 1914 01:37:44,907 --> 01:37:48,076 Beulah, why are Newfoundlanders terrible at knock-knock jokes? 1915 01:37:48,160 --> 01:37:49,536 I don't know, Hannah. 1916 01:37:49,620 --> 01:37:51,914 Well, try it. I'll be a Newfoundlander. 1917 01:37:51,997 --> 01:37:52,998 Knock, knock. 1918 01:37:53,081 --> 01:37:54,958 Come on in. The door's open. 1919 01:37:56,418 --> 01:37:59,129 The donation we are most honored by just arrived today. 1920 01:37:59,213 --> 01:38:02,508 It's about four meters long and 1,200 kilograms. 1921 01:38:02,591 --> 01:38:05,636 Newfoundland is one of the only places outside of the United States 1922 01:38:05,719 --> 01:38:08,013 where we share the steel from the World Trade Center. 1923 01:38:08,096 --> 01:38:12,684 On the northeast tip of North America, on an island called Newfoundland, 1924 01:38:12,768 --> 01:38:14,102 there's a airport. 1925 01:38:14,186 --> 01:38:17,940 And next to it is a town called Gander. 1926 01:38:18,023 --> 01:38:20,526 Tonight we honor what was lost. 1927 01:38:20,609 --> 01:38:23,737 But we also commemorate what we found. 1928 01:38:23,820 --> 01:38:27,199 You are here 1929 01:38:27,282 --> 01:38:30,118 At the start of a moment 1930 01:38:30,202 --> 01:38:32,955 On the edge of the world 1931 01:38:33,038 --> 01:38:36,542 Where the river meets the sea 1932 01:38:36,625 --> 01:38:38,794 Here 1933 01:38:38,877 --> 01:38:41,213 On the edge of the Atlantic 1934 01:38:41,797 --> 01:38:45,759 On an island in between 1935 01:38:45,843 --> 01:38:50,722 - There and here - I'm an islander, I am an islander 1936 01:38:50,806 --> 01:38:53,642 - I'm an islander, I am an islander - There and here 1937 01:38:53,725 --> 01:38:56,478 I'm an islander I am an islander 1938 01:38:56,562 --> 01:38:59,398 - I'm an islander, I am an islander - There and here 1939 01:38:59,481 --> 01:39:02,192 I'm an islander I am an islander 1940 01:39:02,276 --> 01:39:05,195 I'm an islander I am an islander 1941 01:39:05,279 --> 01:39:06,530 Welcome to the fog 1942 01:39:06,613 --> 01:39:07,614 Welcome to the trees 1943 01:39:07,698 --> 01:39:10,617 A kiss and a cod And whatever's in between 1944 01:39:10,701 --> 01:39:13,704 To the ones who've left You're never truly gone 1945 01:39:13,787 --> 01:39:16,373 A candle's in the window And the kettle's always on 1946 01:39:16,456 --> 01:39:19,168 To the coves and the caves And the people from the planes 1947 01:39:19,251 --> 01:39:20,711 - Five days. - Nineteen animals. 1948 01:39:20,794 --> 01:39:22,504 And 7,000 strays. 1949 01:39:22,588 --> 01:39:25,132 When the sun is setting And it's darker than before 1950 01:39:25,215 --> 01:39:28,010 If you're hoping for a harbor Then you'll find an open door 1951 01:39:28,093 --> 01:39:30,679 In the winter, from the water Through whatever's in the way 1952 01:39:30,762 --> 01:39:32,848 To the ones who have come from away 1953 01:39:32,931 --> 01:39:34,099 We say welcome to the 1954 01:39:34,183 --> 01:39:36,768 Welcome to the, welcome to the Welcome to the, welcome to the 1955 01:39:36,852 --> 01:39:38,896 Welcome to the, welcome to the rock! 1956 01:42:15,552 --> 01:42:18,013 Welcome to the townies And the come from aways 1957 01:42:18,096 --> 01:42:20,349 Welcome to the locals Who have always said they'd stay 1958 01:42:20,432 --> 01:42:23,268 My father's father's father Crashed his ship into this rock 1959 01:42:23,352 --> 01:42:25,812 Heaven and hell don't matter much 'Cause it's here I'm stuck 1960 01:42:25,896 --> 01:42:28,315 Welcome to the rock Welcome to Newfoundland 1961 01:42:28,398 --> 01:42:30,859 It's farther to Manhattan Than it is to Ireland 1962 01:42:30,943 --> 01:42:33,570 They say no man's an island But an island makes a man 1963 01:42:33,654 --> 01:42:36,114 Especially when one comes From one like Newfoundland 1964 01:42:36,198 --> 01:42:38,742 I'm an islander I am an islander 1965 01:42:38,825 --> 01:42:41,328 I'm an islander I am an islander 1966 01:42:41,411 --> 01:42:43,914 I'm an islander I am an islander 1967 01:42:43,997 --> 01:42:46,458 I'm an islander I am an islander 1968 01:42:46,542 --> 01:42:49,002 Welcome to the wildest weather That you've ever heard of 1969 01:42:49,086 --> 01:42:51,505 Where everyone is nicer But it's never nice above 1970 01:42:51,588 --> 01:42:54,132 'Cause it's mauzy or it's misky Or it's muddy or it's scad 1971 01:42:54,216 --> 01:42:56,677 And when it's finally sunny It's a sign it's getting bad 1972 01:42:56,760 --> 01:42:59,221 Welcome to the rock Welcome to Newfoundland 1973 01:42:59,304 --> 01:43:01,932 The drunkest fellas in the room Are playing in the band 1974 01:43:02,015 --> 01:43:04,518 Welcome to the farthest place You'll get from Disneyland 1975 01:43:04,601 --> 01:43:09,398 Fish and chips and shipwrecks This is Newfoundland 1976 01:43:27,624 --> 01:43:30,043 Welcome to the land Where the winters tried to kill us 1977 01:43:30,127 --> 01:43:32,963 - And we said - We will not be killed 1978 01:43:33,046 --> 01:43:35,257 Welcome to the land Where the waters tried to drown us 1979 01:43:35,340 --> 01:43:38,051 - And we said - We will not be drowned 1980 01:43:38,135 --> 01:43:40,345 Welcome to the land Where we lost our loved ones 1981 01:43:40,429 --> 01:43:43,265 - And we said - We will still go on 1982 01:43:43,348 --> 01:43:45,601 Welcome to the land Where the winds tried to blow 1983 01:43:45,684 --> 01:43:47,853 And we said no 1984 01:43:47,936 --> 01:43:52,816 In the winter, from the water Through the wind 1985 01:43:52,900 --> 01:43:57,112 If a stranger ends up at our door 1986 01:43:57,196 --> 01:44:02,242 We welcome them in 1987 01:44:02,326 --> 01:44:07,664 We welcome them in 1988 01:44:07,748 --> 01:44:09,041 I am an islander 1989 01:44:09,124 --> 01:44:11,210 Welcome to the cod And to the trees and to the fog 1990 01:44:11,293 --> 01:44:13,712 And to the ferries and the berries And the failing fisheries 1991 01:44:13,795 --> 01:44:15,475 And to kitchen parties To the ones departed 1992 01:44:15,506 --> 01:44:16,816 In our hearts We know you'll never 1993 01:44:16,840 --> 01:44:19,009 Leave this little bit of heaven Where we started 1994 01:44:19,092 --> 01:44:21,512 To the down And the out of town on quads 1995 01:44:21,595 --> 01:44:24,275 And thanks to God we are the poorest But the richest where it counts 1996 01:44:24,306 --> 01:44:26,642 And to the St. John's girls With their sails unfurled 1997 01:44:26,725 --> 01:44:28,894 To our friends at the end of the world We say 1998 01:44:28,977 --> 01:44:30,395 Welcome to the rock!