Many from all over the world have come to Gander in search of the kindness shown in Come From Away, and they were not disappointed.
Janet Hayward poses for a photo in Gander, N.L. on Friday, July 7, 2023. Janet Hayward received a grant for teachers to travel from Indiana to Newfoundland in order to discover the people whose kindness underscores the musical
The story gripped her, and she couldn’t let it go. So she applied for, and won, a special grant for teachers in Indiana to embark on the journey. Thirty-eight planes carrying more than 6,500 people were ordered to land at the Gander airport on Sept. 11, 2001. The town has a population of about 11,800 people and “Come From Away” is about those who opened their homes, community halls and businesses to shelter the “plane people” for the five days they were stranded. Its characters are based on real people in Gander, and the real things they did to dampen the passengers’ horror as they learned what had happened.
She arrived in Gander for the first time in October 2017. “I had one goal: I wanted to meet Newfoundlanders,” she said. So she went to the Tim Hortons across from her hotel and started talking to people.said she met people on that trip she is still friends with today, including Gander resident Diane Davis, who is the inspiration for the character Beulah Davis in the play.
12. She says her will includes instructions for her two daughters to use part of their inheritance to visit Newfoundland. “It really caused a profound change in my life,” she said.
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