Why the hit musical 'Come From Away' means so much to one Houston woman
Syma Zerkow was one of the 7000 passengers stranded in Newfloundland in the wake of 9-11. With the play returning to Houston at Stages, Zerkow recalls those days. September 17, 2026
Houston Chronicle
This week, Stages begins preview showings of Come from Away, the Tony-winning musical based on the events that took place in the small town of Gander, Newfoundland, Canada after 9/11. When the Twin Towers fell and the US airspace was shut down, 38 planes en route to the U.S. carrying 7,000 people were forced to land in the province, and the temporarily homeless passengers had to spend spend nearly a week being taken care of by hospitable Canadians.