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Tiny Desk Concerts - Audio

Come From Away

Tiny Desk Concerts - Audio

NPR

Music

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2019

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Sixteen performers from the Broadway cast crammed behind the Tiny Desk to sing songs and share stories about thousands of airline passengers who were stranded in Newfoundland after 9/11.

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0:00.0

I'm Bob Boylan from All Songs Considered. The following is the audio from our latest Tiny Desk concert.

0:05.2

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0:10.2

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0:15.0

When you include the original flight, we were on the plane probably 12, 13 hours.

0:20.0

We were on there 15 hours.

0:22.0

20 hours. 28 hours we were on a plane for over an entire day.

0:35.0

There was one aisle in the middle.

0:40.0

Everyone knew every inch of that plane.

0:44.0

We were allowed out of our seats, but not all swan.

0:47.0

You never think about it, but airplane doors are 20 feet in the air.

0:50.0

And even if you survived the jump, they probably would have shot you.

0:54.0

Everyone knew every inch of that plane.

0:56.0

You could go up to first clash, you could stretch in the aisles.

0:59.2

Our flight was full.

1:00.2

There were children sleeping on the floor. It had three seats on each side.

1:04.0

There was only one aisle in the middle.

1:06.0

We had no way to get information.

1:08.0

This was before most people had cell phones

1:11.0

and only a couple people got through.

1:14.0

Hello? Mom. Bonsieur.

1:17.0

Operator?

1:18.0

Tom. Oh, thank God. I finally got the roof. I borrowed a passenger's phone. How are you?

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