"Gander's location earned it the nickname of ‘Crossroads of the World’, being built in the late 1930s largely at the instigation of Britain as a refuelling stop for propeller planes
Gander’s current mayor, Percy Farwell, said tensions between US and Middle Eastern passengers dissipated ‘once everyone realised they were all in it together’
Visitors had to sleep on the hall floor inside the Society of United Fisherman after their flights were redirected to Gander
They had virtually nothing with them as their main luggage was kept locked in the cargo hold."
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