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Falling in the bed. that was my producer. i was on the air in an hour. at that point then i was 27 hours on the air. i would finally get to that bed that saturday. >> there is the sun rising. we are in gander, newfoundland at the college of north atlant atlantic. and they have been a wonderful people here precooked sniff and lenders try to keep our minds off what was happening at home. it took us on little tours of the pond. there is a little wooden boardwalk around the pond they took us on thes...

But we realize the longer the day went, the longer we knew this was not going to happen. it was starting to get dark and ive been staring out that window, looking at other planes ahead that had armed guards at the foot of every plane. >> now it is 6:10 p.m. been on the same plane on the ground for eight hours. and on the plane for 15 hours but i dont even know. >> the pirate said well, theyre going to let you off. but we are not sure where they are taking you. >> week get off and spend the night...

♪ ♪ >> ive seen the show with my husband 128 times. >> if someone had said to me on broadway representing gander and you say drink into early in the morning or something. because no comment we never expected a progress with the got the call i never thought id be out walking the red carpet of broadway. the donations we have received have come in putting gander in the public eye has allowed us to build our new shelter. >> i think now the musical come from away, setting a new tone around the wo...

♪ we will always have a special place in our hearts. >> this is where we slept. you can see there arent mattresses and sleeping bags they were all right up against each other. and that is you sitting on me away on the far side. >> still look as of these captions are people from all over the world but this one just stood out for this note word in this world to describe my feelings about the people of newfoundland, specifically gander. the kindness, the friendlys, the most energetic, the most ge...

Oh my god, where am i? and what is happening? works the people in town started to go door to door collecting blankets, pillows, and they started cooking for us while we were sitting on that plane watching the school buses line up for us. they had already sprung into action. they were forming groups and going house to house. people were emptying their closets and not even expecting it back. >> we have you. we have you. do not worry about a thing. >> our flight air france zero zero four we were al...

We avoided something. the runners were full and theyre having to find places to park planes. >> there were literally parked nose to tail on every piece of concrete that you could see at the airport. quickset eight or ten airplanes dumping fuel there too heavy to land. they would normally burn off the fuel and the rest of their flight precooked i learned i was would be 7000 pounds overweight for landing. so i had to make the decision whether i was going to jettison what could be precious fuel bec...

The hardest part for me at that time was of figuring out what i was going to say to the passengers. because id made up my mind i wanted to tell the truth. but i did not to tell too much. because i did not want to cause havoc in the back of the plane. >> that news would filter from the front of the plane down to the back of the plane. just like that game as a kid you say something and pass it along, it changes from the beginning to the end. we were hearing the white house has been destroyed. ther...

Was happening and now, not tomorrow or not six or seven hours a day. now. >> a pilot made an announcement terrorist activity new york said we would be taking a turn up the coast. we had no idea where we were going. it was really frightening. >> and received a report there are communication lines that what would appear to be maybe a terrorist activity or hiking hijacking has occurred for quickness and ladies and gentlemen is captain bass. theres been a crisis in the united states. all the airspac...

Time was of figuring out what i was going to say to the passengers. because id made up my mind i wanted to tell the truth. but i did not to tell too much. because i did not want to cause havoc in the back of the plane. >> that news would filter from the front of the plane down to the back of the plane. just like that game as a kid you say something and pass it along, it changes from the beginning to the end. we were hearing the white house has been destroyed. there is a lot of confusion. cant re...

Ready to go to bed it was 11:00 p.m. at night. that is when i got the call to go to the airport. >> we loaded up the van thinking we are going to dallas. beth asked the flight attendant kind of jokingly, she kinda said we are going back to dallas are we? and there was a concerned look on the flight attendant. she said theres going to be an announcement when everyone is on the plane. so eventually the pilot came on and said look, we are going back to germany. you can do what you want. you can sta...