Kindness is woven into the very fabric of their nature - they don’t know any other way to live. In a world today seemingly fraught with division, terrorism and hate, they’d do it all over again. “Everyone looks at us and says that’s an amazing thing that you did, and the bottom line is I don’t think it was an amazing thing, I think it was the right thing you do,” says Diane Davis, 53, a now-retired teacher who helped 750 people housed at the town's elementary school. Their simple hospitality to the unexpected house guests drew worldwide accolades and even inspired a Broadway musical. 11, 2001, terror attacks in New York and Washington forced 38 planes to land here. Sixteen years ago, this small Canadian town on an island in the North Atlantic Ocean took in nearly 6,700 people – almost doubling its population – when the Sept. GANDER, Newfoundland - They still don't know what all the fuss is about.
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