Friday marked the 25th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks in the U.S. Remembrances took place around the world to honor the nearly three-thousand who died. An enlightening, true story from that dark day is hitting the stage in Washington, D.C.  

The story is centered 18-hundred kilometers northeast of New York City’s Ground Zero in Gander, a small Canadian town in Newfoundland, a place where a special act of kindness put it on the map. 

CGTN’s Frances Kuo has more.

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