The velocity of events in the first couple of hours was chaotic and it took a bit of time to pass the bucks upwards to get a authoritive decision to accommodate all the aircraft and their passengers and simultaneously close Canadian airspace. YVR expected 23 heavies and ended up with 34. I have no doubt the DL F/As story is real and am very proud of the people of Gander and Newfoundland as I am of the folks here who rose to the task. We are best friends with our American cousins...after the War of 1812 anyway.