Posted on 03/16/2017 6:49:26 AM PDT by RummyChick
Seriously? We are posting fodder for stupid gossip now?
Gander has a population of about 11,000 with a first class airport left over from WWII. Imagine 6,600 people dropping in from the sky who need to be fed and housed for almost a week in a small town like that. The Newfoundlanders did it, without hesitation.
Some of the press is spinning this as a play about how Canada treats refugees. These airline passengers were not refugees, they were neighbors who needed food and shelter for a while.
A little known fact is that the passengers gave a typical American reaction to the hospitality shown them. They set up a scholarship fund for the children of Gander.
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