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Prime Minister Jean Chrétien said "The world has been attacked. The world must respond." at a 9/17/01 special session of Parliament. Canada took in 33,000 passengers on diverted flights.
The immediate and profound impact on Canada:
- Twenty-four Canadians died
- Hundreds of planes carrying thousands of passengers were diverted to Canadian airports
- 500 airplanes from around the world were en route to the United States.
- Planes with enough fuel were told to return to their airport of origi
- Over 200 airplanes were diverted to airports across Canada
- Transport Canada says 224 flights carrying 33,000 passengers landed on Canadian soil
- NAV CANADA says 238 planes landed.
- Halifax International Airport received 47 planes carrying more than 7,000 passengers
- Vancouver International Airport received 34 planes carrying 8,500 passengers
- Gander, Newfoundland, a community of less than 10,000, received 37 flights totaling 6,700 people. There were not enough commercial hospitality locations to accommodate the travelers so the citizens took in strangers
- Alan Flood, of Bristol, England, who was stranded with his wife, Barbara, summed up the feelings of hundreds of passengers when he said, “We were strangers. They didn’t know what we were like. They took us to their homes, made sure we wanted for nothing, treated us as part of the family.”
- David Collenette, Canada’s transport minister, also grounded all flights in and out of Canadian airports.
- Shortly after 9/11/01, Canada passed anti-terrorism law which was considered controversial
- Canadian troops were sent to Afghanistan as part of the “War on Terror.”
The Canadian Encyclopedia details the story of "The Last Survivor", Ron DiFrancesco, from Hamilton, Ontario, was in his office at Euro Brokers on the 84th floor of the South Tower of the World Trade Center when, at 8:46 a.m., a passenger plane crashed into the North Tower.......As people lay on the floor desperately trying to escape the smoke, some losing consciousness, DiFrancesco says he heard a “powerful voice” inside him that told him to keep going.... the US 9/11 commission report says he was one of only four people to escape who were working above the 81st floor. 9/11 and Canada | The Canadian Encyclopedia
Canadian House of Commons Special Session | C-SPAN.org
"As Prime Minister during 9/11, Jean Chrétien faced criticism for waiting to visit the U.S. — a decision he says he made out of respect for the victims. In a conversation with The National's Adrienne Arsenault, Chrétien recounts the decisions he made during and after the attacks and how they affected the Canada-U.S. relationship."
For Jean Chrétien's full speech and the full House of Commons session: https://greatcanadianspeeches.ca/2020/09/10/jean-chretien-trade-tower-attacks-september-2001/ & https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/37-1/house/sitting-79/hansard#SOB-47885
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