{"id":4612,"date":"2026-05-20T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/?p=4612"},"modified":"2026-05-11T11:16:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T15:16:55","slug":"devastating-silent-witness-to-a-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/?p=4612","title":{"rendered":"Devastating Silent Witness To A Tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Arrow-Air.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1002\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Arrow-Air-1002x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4611\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.9785184618912928;width:487px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Arrow-Air-1002x1024.png 1002w, https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Arrow-Air-294x300.png 294w, https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Arrow-Air-768x785.png 768w, https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Arrow-Air-1024x1046.png 1024w, https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Arrow-Air.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1002px) 100vw, 1002px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Silent Witness Memorial<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">iPhone 13, 1\/690 sec, F\/1.6, 26mm, ISO 50<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While not really a photography destination, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newfoundlandlabrador.com\/plan-and-book\/attractions\/212948\" title=\"\">Silent Witness Memorial<\/a> near Gander International Airport is a powerfully moving location.  The memorial is a tribute to the 256 lives lost in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arrow_Air_Flight_1285R\" title=\"\">Arrow Air<\/a> crash on 12 December 1985.  The vast majority of the passengers were members of the United States Army. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BTW, Gander International Airport is also where all US-bound aircraft were diverted on 11 September, 2001.  <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Yellow_Ribbon\" title=\"\">Operation Yellow Ribbon<\/a> was quirt a feat by the local population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Silent Witness Memorial:  <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/M8txe1PwfbMyv8PR7\" title=\"\">48.911398\u00b0 -54.574486\u00b0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>iPhone 13, 1\/690 sec, F\/1.6, 26mm, ISO 50 While not really a photography destination, the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[990],"tags":[1064,752,989,167,618,753,1063],"class_list":["post-4612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newfoundland","tag-gander-international-airport","tag-image","tag-newfoundland","tag-photo","tag-photography","tag-scott-shaw-photography","tag-silent-wiutrness-memorial"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4612"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4631,"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4612\/revisions\/4631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottshawphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}