This is the typical sort of thing on my blog, but I wanted to share it, since it’s about the response to the passengers on 9-11 near where I grew up in Newfoundland. It’s a great account. I’m very proud to be from there.

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I got this story in an email and I just had to pass it on. It brought tears to my eyes.

Delta Flight 15

Here is an amazing story from a flight attendant on Delta Flight 15, written following 9-11:
“On the morning of Tuesday, September 11, we were about 5 hours out of Frankfurt, flying over the North Atlantic. All of a sudden the curtains parted and I was told to go to the cockpit, immediately, to see the captain. As soon as I got there I noticed that the crew had that “All Business” look on their faces. The captain handed me a printed message. It was from Delta’s main office in Atlanta and simply read, “All airways over the Continental United States are closed to commercial air traffic. Land ASAP at the nearest airport. Advise your destination.”
“No one said a word about what this could…

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