Come From Away Question

Hello!

So, obviously, Come From Away is about 9/11, so to those who lived through it might be (for lack of a better word) triggered. I'm curious to know-- does the show explicitly show footage of the towers or any of the actual attacks?



(I apologize if there is a post about this-- can't seem to find it. Feel free to link it if so!)

It is not about 9/11, not directly! It is about how the town of Gander, Newfoundland, welcomed 7000 people when the US closed it's airspace because of 9/11. The whole show takes place over the five days they were stranded there.


That being said, there are scenes that reference 9/11 though they focus only on how it affects the characters. One scene where they watch the news (No footage is show, no strong reactions show) and one very poignant song "Something's Missing" about how hard it was to go back to their regular lives in the wake of such a tragedy. I found it very evocative, but the show concentrates only on the feelings involved rather than anything explicit. The themes of loss, coming together, and communal grief are very universal.

Not to mention, they only say "September 11th" once or twice. Other than that it's referred to "that day" or "that morning" or something of the sorts. Very tastefully done!

As others said, it's delicately handled and it deals with the emotions rather than the actual events. Some moments might be a little more sensitive (end of "Me and the Sky," some of Bob's lines when he gets home) but there's nothing graphic.