We stopped at the Silent Witness Memorial near Gander. On Dec 12, 1985 a military plane crashed just off the end of the runway killing 248 Army personnel and 8 flight crew returning to the USA from peacekeeping duties on Egypt's Sinai Penninsula. The 20' cross was made from one of the escape doors of the plane.
We went to the North Atlantic Aviation Museum which chronicles the conquest of the North Atlantic and establishment of air routes linking the old world with the new. Coincidentally, we are here on 9/11 and watched "Diverted", a movie made about how Gander and other small communities nearby were able to accommodate and entertain the passengers and crew of the grounded flights, totalling over 6000 people for 3 days.
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