4500 planes are in the air over North America on the morning of September 11, 2001. After four horrifying crashes, no one knows if any other aircraft might be highjacked by terrorists, about to commit further acts of destruction. Where can 4500 planes, and thousands of passengers, safely land? And which might be Al-Qaeda missiles? At that very moment, 500 planes are westbound toward the US. 233 turn back to where they came from, but 167 are past the point of no return. And there is one tiny place on the map that has eyes on them all: Gander, Newfoundland. The lives of 45,000 people over the Atlantic are now in the hands of small team of air traffic controllers in remote, rural Gander, population 10,000. These unsung ATC heroes from a draw on their skills, experience and raw talent to together achieve the impossible, landing 167 planes in three hours without a single incident. 译文(2): 2001 年 9 月 11 日早晨，4500 架飞机在北美上空。在四次可怕的坠机事件后，没有人知道是否还有其他飞机可能被恐怖分子劫持，即将进行进一步的破坏行动。4500 架飞机和数千名乘客可以在哪里安全着陆？哪些可能是基地组织的导弹？此时此刻，500 架飞机正向西飞往美国。有 233 个人回到他们来的地方，但有 167 个人已经无法回头了。地图上只有一个小地方能看到它们： 纽芬兰的甘德。大西洋上空 45,000 人的生命现在掌握在一个小型空中交通管制小组的手中，该小组位于偏远的甘德乡村，人口 1 万。这些无名的空管英雄们凭借他们的技能、经验和天赋一起完成了不可能的任务，在三小时内降落了 167 架飞机，没有发生任何事故。