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In response to "South Carolina couple marries at Gander airport after falling in love with Come From Away -- (link)" by Beaker

Gander's where my wife's family landed in Canada. they got on a flight from Moscow to Havana planning on getting off at the refuelling stop,

Posted by mafic Apr 20 '22, 06:36

not knowing where that was. varied between Madrid, Lisbon, Gander, and Shannon. they were hoping for Madrid, but ended up in Gander.

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cool. -- nm - mud Apr 20, 07:08
wow -- nm - prayformojo Apr 20, 06:40
wow, that's quite a brave decision. -- nm - Andie Apr 20, 06:39 3
- not an uncommon one at the time. USSR was collapsing so they didn't want to stay, they knew Cuba would be in trouble without the support. - mafic Apr 20, 06:55 2
  - oh sure, but still crazy brave to get on a plane with no idea where you were getting off, and staying. -- nm - Andie Apr 20, 06:58 1
    - oh for sure. even once they're there there are for sure secret police on the plane looking to stop people. there are stories of people getting hauled - mafic Apr 20, 07:03

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