Costume Party

3:45 a.m. Overnight,

the community's population has gone from approximately 9, 000 to 16,

I'm sure barely any of us have slept tonight.

We're hopeful that our visitors will be back in the air come morning

I woke up from this dream which I can't quite remember,

but there was this music in it that I'd heard somewhere before

I woke up from a dream that we were stuck in some

backwater Canadian town and that my air mattress deflated

I woke up to the smell of... freshly baked bread?

4 a.m. in Newfoundland is breakfast time in Germany.

And we got a lot of passengers here from Frankfurt,

so breakfast starts at 4 a.m. and we start scrambling eggs

Poached eggs, scrambled eggs, omelettes

Fried Bologna

Something called "toutans."

I saw a casserole dish I don't think I could lift

They made enough food to feed 7,

000 people. It's like they never slept

There's this one man - from the Middle East - well,

we don't really know.

Hasn't said a word to a soul - and some of the other passengers seem

a bit wary of him.

So it's a little odd to find him poking around the kitchen

Hello

Hello. Can I help you with something?

I would like to be of assistance. With the food

Oh, no. That's not necessary

But I am -

Really. You go out there and sit down

I've been going all night, but I can't stop. None of us can.

I splash some cold water on my face and just keep going. We've got 7,

000 scared and angry people who don't

want to be here. And they're about to wake up

In a crowded room

Filled with strangers sleeping

An airplane blanket

And pillow on the floor

The sun comes streaming

Through the window

And I can't sleep anymore

Staring at these strangers

Waking up around me

Sitting in a crowd of people

Waiting for the phone

And in a town that's suddenly

Doubled population

I feel so alone

It's like any of us could have died

On Tuesday

And like we're dared to see things

Differently today

I'm feeling different

Distant

Strange

Who are these people here?

Where am I?

No one knows me here

Who am I if I don't feel like

The me from yesterday

I wake up in a crowded room full of people sleeping

on the floor and I see Diane and ask, "Are we leaving?"

Any time now

Is your hair different? I mean... you look good. I like it

Hm! Thank you. No shampoo for three days

They start handing out clothes to anyone who needs them

I haven't changed my clothes in 39 hours

I wanted to burn my socks

Kevin puts on this plaid thing.

He says he's "incognito" and that he's going to "blend in

with the natives," but he just looks like a gay lumberjack

Changing into another woman's

Donated set of clothes

Looking different -

Feeling kind of different too

I can't quite explain

But when I woke

When David wasn't on that plane

It's like I changed into somebody else

But who?

And it's somehow like we're at a

Costume party

And for a second you are not yourself

You are not yourself

And you look around

And blink your eyes

And barely even recognize

The person in the mirror who's

Turned into someone else

Hey Little Sister - Yeah,

still here where they eat rainbows for breakfast.

Are you taking care of mom? No. I just wish I was home. No, not LA.

Brooklyn. Shut up.

You're such a brat. No, I just needed to hear your voice

Excuse me? Are you Hannah?

Yeah - that's me

My name's Beulah - someone told me your son's a firefighter... Yeah,

mine is too. Here in town.

And I know Gander's not New York but... Is there anything I can do?

No, I just need to hear from my son

I understand

Praying for a phone call

Praying for a way home

Asking questions

Asking can I get back on that

Godforsaken plane?

And all around me, people chat

And people snack

Like nothing's happened

And I need to hear we're going back

Before I go insane

Good morning. I'm Captain Bass. I've just heard from the airline.

Now I know this is going to be hard to hear,

but the American airspace remains closed.

I can't tell you how long we'll be on the

ground. But, we are gonna be here for some time

Here for some time

Here for some time

Here for too long

Here for how long

When will we know

When will we know

How much longer?

Beulah. Wait. Can you help me find a Catholic church?

I can't sit here. I need to get some air

Let's go see where we are. The sun's out. It'll do you good

Seriously? You know what,

go get lost in the woods. I'm going to be ready when we leave

And it's somehow like we're stuck

Here at a messed up costume party

And there's nothing here familiar

Far away from those you care for

On an isolated island in between

There and here

There and here