Episode 78 - Jim DeFede on the Goodness of Humanity

Gander, Newfoundland was the site of one of the greatest collective acts of kindness of which I know. On September 11, 2001, nearly 7,000 passengers and crew members landed in that small town of only 10,000 residents as American airspace shut down following the terrorist attacks of that day. What followed was nearly a week of around the clock creative acts of kindness to house, feed, care for, and console them all. The citizens of Gander are the subject of Jim's book The Day the World Came to Town and also the topic of today's fantastic quote derived from it.