28 Hours / Wherever We Are

[Diane]

When you include the original flight, we were on the plane for twelve, thirteen hours

[Kevin T]

We were on there fifteen hours

[Kevin J]

Twenty hours

[Passenger 3]

Twenty-eight hours

We were on the plane for over an entire day

[Company]

Twenty-eight hours

Over an entire day

There was one aisle in the middle

Everyone knew every inch of that plane

[Passenger 10]

We were allowed out of our seats, but not off the plane

[Kevin T]

You never think about it, but airplane doors are twenty feet in the air

[Kevin J]

And even if you survived the jump, they probably would have shot you

[Passenger 3]

You can go up to first class, you can stretch in the aisles

[Passenger 7]

There are three seats on each side and there was only one aisle in the middle

[Bob]

Everyone knew every inch of that plane

[Passenger 4]

Our flight was full! There were children sleeping on the floor

[Passenger 2]

We had no way to get information

[Nick]

This is before most people had mobile phones

And only a couple people got through

[Passenger 8]

Hello?

[Passenger 7]

Mom!

[Passenger 5]

Bonjour?

[Passenger 2]

Operator?

[Beverley]

Tom?

Oh, thank God!

I finally got through

I borrowed a passenger's phone

How are you?

Are the kids okay?

No, I'm fine Tom

I'm fine

Safe and sound on the ground here in Newfoundland

We don't know much except for the BBC

Listen

I can't talk long

Can you do something for me?

[Passenger 8]

I'm okay

[Passenger 7]

I'm fine

[Passenger 5]

Oui, bien

[Hannah]

Pick up!

[Beverley]

Tell the kids I'm alright

Take them into the kitchen

And show them the map

That we used to put pins in

For each destination

That we flew together

Tell them I'm fine

Put a pin here in Gander

[Nick]

On our plane, someone has a cell phone

[Passenger 10]

But then the battery dies

[Ali]

There are phones in the backs of the seats

[Passenger 2]

But they don't work!

[Passenger 4]

Half the passengers on our plane don't speak English!

[Passenger 11]

Even if we knew what was happenin', we don't speak their language

[Passenger 10]

On our plane, we asked the flight attendants

[Flight Attendant]

But the captain says not to say too much, and that's when rumors start flying

[Passenger 5]

There was an accident

[Passenger 12]

An accident?

[Ali]

The US airspace is closed

[Passenger 8]

For the first time in history

[Passenger 11]

Why won't she tell us what's happening?

[Passenger 9]

A helicopter crashed in Pennsylvania

[Passenger 5]

A helicopter crashed into a building

[Passenger 10]

A building?

[Passenger 8]

The White House!

[Passenger 7]

The White House was bombed!

[Flight Attendant]

I need you to calm down, ma'am!

Everyone calm down!

[Passenger 10]

It's World War III! Oh my God, it's World War III!

[Joey]

Whoo!

Meanwhile on our plane

We didn't have a clue

We were all going insane because

[Company]

There wasn't squat to do

[Joey]

Then the captain starts apologizing

Says on behalf of the airline

He's giving each and everyone some

[Company]

Complimentary booze!

Open the airplane doors

Wave at all the cars

Hello to whoever you are

Wherever we are

[Passenger 1]

The ground crews supplied whatever we needed

[Kevin J]

Nicotine patches

[Nick]

Medication

[Passenger 5]

Pampers

[Kevin T, Kevin J, Joey, Bob & Party Girls]

Something to drink!

[Joey]

So the flight attendants brought out

All the mini-bottles of liquor

And delivered them to everyone

[Company]

Soon everyone got friendlier

[Joey]

I took a couple of pictures of the view there with my camera

We didn't know where we were

[Company]

But we knew that we were hammered!

Open the airplane doors

Wave at all the locals

Surely there's something better to do than park

Wherever we are

[Kevin T]

We'd been sitting there for fourteen hours when we pull out the Grey Goose

[Kevin J]

Kevin and I were kind of hiding it because

[Kevin T]

Because we didn't want to share it

Anyway, this woman, this hot mess behind us, kept completely freaking out

[Delores]

I don't understand why they can't let us off

I mean, just to stretch our legs?! I mean, really?

I need to get some air!

Oh my God, I need to get off this plane!

[Kevin T]

And my boyfriend Kevin

We're both named Kevin

It was cute for a while

Anyway, Kevin was not dealing with it well

[Kevin J]

I'm going to kill her

[Delores]

Excuse me?

I would like to get off the plane

I am claustrophobic!

[Kevin J]

Excuse me, would you like some Xanax?

Because you are freaking out and it is freaking me out

And we are all freaking the fuck out!

[Company]

Open the airplane doors

Let a little air in here

'Cause I could use a shower or a bar

(Or a bar!)

Open the airplane doors

Look at all the planes out there

There must be a convention, it's bizarre

Wherever we are

Twenty-eight hours

(Twenty-eight hours)

Out of the window

Twenty-eight hours

(Twenty-eight hours)

Nothing but darkness

Twenty-eight hours

(Twenty-eight hours)

Darkness and headlights

Twenty-eight hours

(Twenty-eight hours)

Nothing to see

[Hannah]

The flight attendants keep telling us nothing's wrong

Well, I've got kids, and I've got grandkids

I know when someone's hiding something

And when parents need their kids to stop asking questions

They start playing movies

[Flight Attendant]

We ran through every movie we had, Legally Blonde, Doctor Doolittle 2, and Titanic

[Delores]

Near, far, wherever you

[Company]

Nothing to do

Nothing to see

Thank God we stopped at the Duty Free

Wherever we are

[Nick]

Do you mind if I sit here?

I need to get some work done

And there's some drunk people at the back of the plane

Singing at the top of their lungs

[Diane]

No, of course

I'm Diane

[Nick]

Nick

How are you doing?

[Diane]

I'm worried about someone

He was flying today

I just wish there was some way to tell him where I am

[Nick]

Newfoundland

Oh, no, you know that

You just can't tell him

Right

I'm hoping you're one of those people who laughs

When English people say awkward things

[Diane]

I just wish we knew what was happening

[Actor 2]

What's happening?

[Actor 5]

What's happening?

[Diane and Nick]

Somewhere in between

[Diane]

Your life

[Nick]

And your work

[Company]

When the world may be falling apart

And you think

[Diane]

I'm alone

[Nick]

I'm alone

[Diane and Nick]

And I'm so damn helpless

[Company]

There's nothing left to do but drink

[Party Girls]

We open the airplane doors

Flash all the cars

Whoo!

I've never done that before!

[Company]

Twenty-eight hours

God! Over an entire day

Running out of things to say

And wondering if there's someone

Going to clue us in

Tell us all what's happening

Because the Sun is setting

And we're sitting in the dark

Wherever we are

[Bob]

Later that night, I'm up in the cockpit with some of the other passengers

When the pilot puts the radio on over the intercom

And the whole plane goes silent

When the president gives his speech

[President George W. Bush]

I ask the American people to join me in saying

Thanks for all the folks who've been fighting hard

To rescue our fellow citizens

And to join me in saying a prayer for the victims and their families

The resolve of our great nation is being tested

But, make no mistake, we will show the world that we will pass this test

God bless

[Beverley]

You got through to the airline

Tom, I'm okay

Tell me what's happening out there

How bad is it?

Tell me everything

Tom, who was in the air?

No, no, I wouldn't have known them

No, no one on that airline

Charles?!

Are you sure?

No, I'm fine Tom

I'm fine