Residents in Moncton housed some of the 2,200 passengers whose flights had been diverted on 9/11. Twenty-five years later, English passengers Ian and Jo Hilditch returned to the city to commemorate the anniversary with the family who hosted them.
Jo and Ian Hilditch mark solemn anniversary with visit to city that showed them ‘generosity’ and ‘kindness’
Hope Edmond · CBC News
· Posted: Sep 11, 2026 5:05 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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Jo and Ian Hilditch were two of many stranded passengers who ended up billeting with Moncton families for nearly a week after 9/11. (Hope Edmond/CBC)
Jo and Ian Hilditch were halfway across the Atlantic Ocean on Sept. 11, 2001, when the news broke.
As they sat on the plane travelling to New York from Birmingham, England, with other anxious passengers, they recall the cabin crew being distraught and uncertain of what to do.
“I was really anxious, and I got more and more anxious as the flight went on,” said Jo.
First their plane flew over Gander, N.L., then Halifax, but those airports were already full with other diverted flights.
Eventually,
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