How a Plane Diverted to Newfoundland on Sept. 11 Forged a 20 Year Friendship

Barbara Pritchett, left, and Carol Anne Loveless, right, stand on a deck in front of the Gambo River in Gambo, N.L., on Sept. 3, 2021. They co-wrote a play documenting the massive efforts undertaken by the people of Gambo to look after hundreds of passengers whose planes were rerouted to the nearby town of Gander on Sept. 11, 2001. The Canadian Press/Sarah Smellie

GAMBO, N.L.—Every Friday evening, Steve Badcock pours himself a drink and flips open his laptop to video chat with a close friend he met because of a terrorist attack in New York City and its ripple effect across the skies.