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Come to Gander, Danny Williams asks Barack Obama
If Danny Williams has his way, Barack Obama will be in Gander when Sept. 11 comes around next year.
The premier invited the U.S. president to visit Newfoundland and Labrador for anniversary ceremonies in 2011, marking the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, and to observe the impact that that day on the Gander area. (You can read the full text of the letter here.)
“It was this airport and this region that answered the call on 9/11 when thousands were left stranded far from home and anxious and fearful in the face of such devastation,” wrote Williams, describing how 39 airlines were diverted to Gander alone that day.
Williams, who wrote the letter in June on behalf of the Town of Gander, said the town will be holding a memorial event on Sept. 11, 2011 “not only to remember the tragedy, but also to remember the countless acts of kindness that were precipitated by that single act of horror.”
It might be a long shot for the president of the United States to travel outside his own country for such an important anniversary, but as the saying goes, if you don’t ask, it won’t happen.
