@wbrcnews: In a matter of hours after September 11, 2001 a Canadian town of Gander nearly doubled in population with 7,000 international passengers stranded for days. The Weatherly’s, a couple from Birmingham, and others became known as the “plane people,” but locals treated them like family as Morgan Hightower reports. #wbrc #september112001 #gander #planepassengersdiverted #canada

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