In the past, it had always been easy for the citizens of Gander to drown out events in other parts of the world because they always seemed so far removed. Gander, after all, was a safe place to live. A community that prided itself on unlocked doors and friendly neighbors. Now they’d seen how a tragedy more than a thousand miles away could touch their lives directly. Not only had the world come to town, but so, too, did the world’s problems.
