28 Hours/Wherever We Are Lyrics by Come From Away Cast

PASSENGER 1 (DIANE)
When you include the original flight, we were on the plane for probably 12, 13 hours.

PASSENGER 8 (KEVIN T)
We were on there 15 hours.

PASSENGER 9 (KEVIN J)
(correcting him)
20 hours.

PASSENGER 10 (BOB)
28 hours. We were on the plane for over an entire day.

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28 HOURS
OVER AN ENTIRE DAY
THERE WAS ONE AISLE IN THE MIDDLE EVERYONE KNEW EVERY INCH OF THAT PLANE (repeated underneath)

PASSENGER 11
We were allowed out of our seats, but not off the plane.

PASSENGER 8 (KEVIN T)
You never think about it, but airplane doors are twenty feet in the air.

PASSENGER 9 (KEVIN J)
And even if you survived the jump, they probably would've shot you.

PASSENGER 3
You could go up to first class. You could stretch in the aisles.

PASSENGER 7
It had three seats on each side. There was only one aisle in the middle.

PASSENGER 10 (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.

PASSENGER 12 (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.

PASSENGER 2
Pick up.

BEVERLEY
TELL THE KIDS I'M ALRIGHT, TAKE THEM IN TO 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

PASSENGER 12
On our plane, someone has a cell phone.

PASSENGER 10
But then the battery dies.

PASSENGER 9
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 happening, we don't speak their language.

PASSENGER 10
On our plane, we ask the flight attendants.

FLIGHT ATTENDANT (ACTOR 3)
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?

PASSENGER 9
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 9
We need to do something.

PASSENGER 4
Tell us what is going on!!

PASSENGER 10
It's World War 3! Ohmygod, it's World War 3!

JOEY
WOOOOOO!
MEANWHILE ON OUR PLANE
WE DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE
WE WERE ALL GOING INSANE BECAUSE

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THERE WASN'T SQUAT TO DO

JOEY
THEN THE CAPTAIN STARTS APOLOGIZING
SAYS ON BEHALF OF THE AIRLINE,
I'M GIVING EACH AND EVERYONE SOME

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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.

PASSENGER 9 (KEVIN J)
Nicotine patches.

PASSENGER 12 (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

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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

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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 14 hours when we pull out the Grey Goose.

KEVIN J
Kevin and I were kind of hiding it because, well...

KEVIN T
Because we (indicating Kevin J) 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 F*CK OUT!!!

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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

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28 HOURS — 28 HOURS — OUT OF THE WINDOWS
28 HOURS — 28 HOURS — NOTHING BUT DARKNESS
28 HOURS — 28 HOURS — DARKNESS AND HEADLIGHTS
28 HOURS — 28 HOURS — NOTHING TO SEE

HANNAH
The flight attendants keep telling us nothing's wrong — but 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 Dolittle 2, and... Titanic.

DELORES
NEAR... FAR... WHEREVER YOU—

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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 & NICK
SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN

DIANE
YOUR LIFE

NICK
AND YOUR WORK

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WHEN THE WORLD MAY BE FALLING APART

NICK & DIANE
AND YOU THINK

DIANE
I'M ALONE

NICK
I'M ALONE

NICK & DIANE
AND I'M SO DAMN HELPLESS

KEVIN T, KEVIN J, JOEY, DRUNK PASSENGERS
THERE'S NOTHING LEFT TO DO BUT DRINK

PARTY GIRLS
WE OPEN THE AIRPLANE DOORS FLASH ALL THE CARS
WOOO! I'VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE

KEVIN T, KEVIN J, JOEY, DRUNK PASSENGERS
28 HOURS GONE OVER AN ENTIRE DAY
RUNNING OUT OF THINGS TO SAY
AND WONDERING IF THERE'S SOMEONE

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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 BUSH
I ask the American people to join me in say- ing a thanks for all the folks who have been fighting hard to rescue our fellow citizens and to join me in saying a prayer for the vic- tims 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.