Hour By Hour, Day By Day
Bass said, “We were on the airplane 28 hours in total. It wasn’t anything we had ever trained for. We got through it minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day.”
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US airspace had closed and 38 planes which were heading to the United States were to be redirected to the former World War II military post. It was the only airport nearby that was of reasonable size.
And little did Bass know that the story would reach Broadway.