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    Channel of Peace

    Stranded in Gander on 9/11

    Official Website of Author Kevin Tuerff

    Video of author describing audio book

    Channel of Peace:

    Stranded in Gander on 9/11 
     

    One of the True Stories that Inspired the

    Smash-Hit Musical

    COME FROM AWAY and documentary

    YOU ARE HERE.

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    E-Books and Paperbacks available:

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    ($20 USD plus shipping) 

    Each purchase helps support refugees.

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    A new audiobook is now available, narrated by author Kevin Tuerff. Watch the video to hear a short sample.

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    "Kevin Tuerff's first-hand account takes us inside a 9/11 story that's largely unknown and which helps restore our faith that human beings need not always be divided by our differences." –Wade Goodwyn, NPR
    front cover of book wit image of large airplane landing and a mult-cultural group standing arm-in-in arm facing away to the plane
    Screen grab from CBC News with author Kevin Tuerff and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
    Video: Presenting book to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after Come From Away
    USA TODAY September 11, 2017

    When Kevin Tuerff and his partner began their flight from France to New York City on September 11th in 2001, they had no idea that the world—and their lives—was about to change forever.

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    As US airspace closed in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks, Kevin, who was experiencing doubts about organized religion, found himself in the small town of Gander, Newfoundland in Canada with thousands of other refugees or “come from aways” that were stranded on 38 airplanes.

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    Yet, when all seemed dark, the people of Gander rallied and the “plane people” experienced boundless acts of kindness and generosity over the next several days.

     

    In Channel of Peace, Kevin tells the story of how Gander’s compassion, then and now, has ignited a spirit of kindness that renewed Kevin’s spirituality and has inspired a new tradition of an annual “giving back” day at Kevin’s company that has since spread.

     

    Tuerff was also honored when his story was included in the Broadway musical, Come From Away.

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    Proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to nonprofit organizations helping refugees. #NeverForget

    Channel of peace: related media
    Channel of Peace author Kevin Tuerff at Gander International Airport, October 2016
    Gander International Airport, 2016 Photo by Chris So, Toronto Star 
    Channel of Peace author Kevin Tuerff with his doppelganger, actor Chad Kimball in front of Come From Away backdrop
    American Tony-nominated actor Chad Kimball (l) plays the character Kevin T, inspired by the true experience of Kevin Tuerff (r), in the Broadway musical Come From Away
    Toronto Star with Kevin Tuerff, by Murray Whyte, Nov. 2016
    NPR-All Things Considered - Come From Away 9/8/16
    00:00 / 00:00
    Tuerff: "They (Ganderites) don't think that they did anything special. But I really wondered, would we - in America, would we do what they did? And I wasn't sure."
    Kevin Tuerff feature article by Colby Itzkowitz, Sept 2016
    In 2017, Kevin and Kevin both returned to their 2001  Gander for a documentary interview. Watch the trailer from the award-winning HBO Canada documentary YOU ARE HERE-A Come From Away Story."
    Photo from Toronto Star with author holding book
    Toronto Sunday Star: His story was told in 'Come From  Away' and now he wants to pay it forward (Aug 2017)
    Photo of Austin newspaper with story titled "Character Development"
    Austin American Statesman: This Austin man is a character in hit Broadway musical ‘Come From Away’
    CBC-TV 2018 Documentary: "Gander's Ripple Effect: How a Small Town's Kindness Opened on Broadway
    ENDORSEMENTs

    Channel of peace: RELATED VIDEOS

    Personal video footage of Gander Sept. 2001 (6:30) Copyright Kevin Tuerff, 2001.
    ABC News "Angels of Hope"
    Dec. 2001 (8:11) 
    10th anniversary of 9/11 Gander reunion and challenge: 10,000 good deeds Sept. 2011 (8:45)
    Rogers TV Skyways: Author book reading at College of North Atlantic-Gander campus (March 2017)
    CBC-TV Good Morning Canada "Pay it forward 9/11' Sept. 2006  (4:27)
    Author Kevin Tuerff on Refugees: Rogers TV-Gander "Skyways"
    March 2017
     
     

    “The message of this book is very important because our world is divided, with an increase in hatred and intolerance. Channel of Peace: Stranded in Gander on 9/11 is a beautiful story how a seed of love can be planted within someone, and years later it grows into a beautiful, flowering tree."

    CLAUDE ELLIOTT, MAYOR

    TOWN OF GANDER, NEWFOUNDLAND

     
    Ripple effects of compassion
    Channel of Peace BOOK TOUR
    Meet the Author

    Book Talks & Signings

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    Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

    "The Ripple Effects of Compasion"

    Compassionate Ballarat and Federation University

    1pm Monday, July 15, 2019

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    Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    1-2:30 pm Saturday, July 27, 2019

    Optional lunch at 1pm

    Epping Hotel

    58 Beecroft Road

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    New York City

    "Welcoming the Stranger" Book Talk and Signing

    7pm, Thursday, September 5, 2019

    Cathedral of St. John the Divine

    1047 Amsterdam Ave at 112th Street

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    Author Book Signing: Brooklyn Book Festival

    1-2pm Sunday, September 22, 2019

    Booth #325 

    Brooklyn Burough Hall & Plaza

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    South Plainfield, NJ

    "Welcoming the Stranger" Book Talk and Signing

    7pm Wednesday, Nov 13, 2019

    Church of the Sacred Heart

    149 South Plainfield Ave.

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    Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

    TEDx Talk

    TEDx Lakehead U

    1-5pm November 15, 2019

    Lakehead University

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    San Diego, California

    Keynote speech: International conference

    National Association of Realtors/

    Canadian Real Estate Association 

    Monday, March 16, 2020

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