The former mayor of Gander, N.L., a passenger who landed in Gander, and Salvationists who responded at Ground Zero remember The Salvation Army's response to 9/11.

On September 11, 2001, two airplanes hit the World Trade Center in New York City, while a third plane crashed into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., killing almost 3,000 people and injuring thousands more. With U.S. airspace closed following the terrorist attack, 38 airplanes landed in Gander, N.L., where Salvationist Claude Elliott was mayor.

Let us not hold an administrative-centric agenda but be guided by a strong spiritual agenda.