Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> I understand that most if not evey one of the some 15,000 passgengers > stranded at Gander have spent the entire time in the planes. Not > allowed off the planes and not fed. > Michael You obviously haven't been watching CBC news :-) They let people off, put them up and fed them, provided phone lines and more - basically without even being asked. Yes, people were stuck on planes for a long time - but with the obvious security threat, it takes a long time to process more passengers than the population of the entire town! Even here in Yellowknife in the Sub-Arctic we had international flight diverted here. The phone company, hotels, military and all sorts went out of their way to help - City Hall was overwhelmed by calls from families willing to put up passengers. I think we up here in Canada felt as helpless as everyone else not right on the scene, and totally horrified as well. We did what we could - which in most part was close down our whole Air Traffic system to take in about 450 US bound aircraft and they passengers and crew - the majority of them Americans. And provide them with support when they realised what was happening to their country. And without being asked, had ready disaster recovery teams, extra blood supplies, extra medical facilities. Quite simply, you guys down there are our neighbours Tim A