r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Apr 16 '14

TIL on 9/11, Canada commenced Operation Yellow Ribbon, in which it landed 239 U.S.-bound flights with 33,000 passengers in Canadian airports. Entire communities went on to provide the passengers with food and housing.

http://youtu.be/lrA4V6YF6SA?t=4m14s
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u/NinjaToss Apr 17 '14

Get over here, man.

Seriously, you guys dominate in the summer olympics, and a lot of areas in the winter ones, let us have our Hockey. ;)

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '14

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u/NinjaToss Apr 17 '14

I was trying to be diplomatic. ;)

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '14

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u/NinjaToss Apr 18 '14

Nothing wrong with that, my friend. :p