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Gander is a tiny dot on the map of northeastern Newfoundland, some 335 kilometres from the provincial capital of St. John’s. But Canadians know it for its citizens’ famous acts of kindness and hospitality, caring for 6,700+ stranded airline strangers in the days after the 9/11 attacks. Twenty-five years ago, Mac Moss was one of those citizens. Now retired as principal at the Gander Campus of the College of the North Atlantic, he and his team at the school helped 438 people who suddenly found themselves grounded in Canada after U.S. airspace was closed. “Our college year just started...