Broadway-bound ‘Come From Away’ heads to 9/11 haven Gander, N.L. for charity
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Retired American Airlines Capt. Beverley Bass will be in Gander, N.L., this weekend when the Broadway-bound “Come From Away” lands in the 9/11 haven that inspired the show’s true tales of kindness.
Bass diverted her Boeing 777 to the Gander International Airport in central Newfoundland on Sept. 11, 2001. Hers was one of 38 planes with 6,579 passengers and crew who almost doubled the town’s population as terror attacks closed U.S. air space.
“Come From Away” chronicles what happened next as residents threw open their doors to “the plane people.”
The musical that offers another take on an awful time has already played to critical acclaim and sold-out crowds in San Diego, Seattle and Washington, D.C.