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Ep. 107: Kevin Tuerff's Real-Life 'Come From Away Story' by Lauren Van Hemert

At 9:26 a.m. on September 11th, 2001, the Federal Aviation Administration shut down U.S. airspace forcing 4,000 planes to land immediately. Thirty-eight of those planes containing 7,000 passengers landed in Gander, Newfoundland, a small town with a population (at the time) of about 9,000. The events that happened in Gander in the days following 9/11 inspired the musical COME FROM AWAY. The characters in that show are…

SOURCE: Beltline to Broadway at 09:00AM on September 12, 2021

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