Phoning Home lyrics

[CLAUDE, spoken]

1:15 a.m

[ALL, spoken]

Wednesday

[CLAUDE, spoken]

September 12th. Crisis counselors are called to Gander Academy

[BEULAH, spoken]

The Plane People — they’re exhausted — but they don’t want to sleep. And we’re standing there, ready with all that food. But that’s not what they wanted. They wanted phones

[JANICE, spoken]

1:45 a.m. — six phones are put on tables for the Plane People to use free of charge — lined up alongside the road by the Newtel

Building

[BEULAH, spoken]

An hour later, they set up twenty more phones

[CLAUDE, spoken]

An hour after that, there’s seventy-five phones and computers

With internet — all being used ‘round the clock

[PASSENGER 5]

Hello? Yes, it's me

[BOB]

Dad, I'm okay

It's okay

[HANNAH]

I'm calling from Canada

[KEVIN J]

Safe and sound here on the ground

Here in Iceland

[KEVIN T]

No, Newfoundland

[BOB]

Yeah

[COMPANY]

We just saw the news

[HANNAH]

Have you heard yet from Kev?

[KEVIN J]

Or Celena

[PASSENGER 5]

Call Micah

[PASSENGER 7]

And Lauren

[KEVIN T]

My parents

[PASSENGER 6]

My aunt!

[DIANE]

It's Diane, no I'm fine

Where's David?

Oh, thank God!