Here at The Savvy Traveler, we have gotten wind of one exemplary story of the kinder, gentler era of travel, and we want to share it with you. Thousands of planes were stranded on September 11, many of them coming in from overseas and unable to cross the US borders. This is a story of Delta Flight #15, en route from Germany to Atlanta, that was forced to land in Gander, Newfoundland. All 10,000 or so people from the surrounding towns quickly came together to help all the passengers on Delta #15 and the other flights detained in Gander for four long, yet special, days.

Delta Flight #15

10/19/2001

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