When tragedy left them stranded, this town opened its doors
"There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met." 4/17/17
On 9/11, This Canadian Town Welcomed In Stranded Passengers
In the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks, United States airspace was shut down and hundreds of inbound flights needed a place to land. Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador became one of those places. That day, 7,000 shaken and disoriented passengers arrived in Gander, nearly doubling the town's population of 11,000. The entire community got involved by literally and figuratively opening its doors to stranded passengers who never forgot the hospitality of the small Canadian town.
Gordon Hempton is on a personal quest to preserve silence in nature. The "sound-tracker" circles the globe recording vanishing sounds, including the most elusive one of all: silence. Now, Hempton is determined to protect one square inch of silence from noise pollution.
Meet the Team Protecting Costa Rica's Sea Turtle Mecca
Nearly all species of sea turtles are endangered, but Tortuguero, a small island on the eastern coast of Costa Rica, offers a safe place for nesting green and leatherback sea turtles. To this day, the island is one of the world's most important breeding grounds for these turtles.
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