Come From Away Story
Nick and Diane Marson's Come From Away Love Story at The Dover Fault Lookout
They explored central Newfoundland together and fell in love
The story of the 9/11 attacks in the United States in September 2001 is all too real, but those terrible events allowed Diane and Nick Marson to find each other in a little town far away from their intended destinations.
They were both on the same flight. But it wasn’t until the flight landed that the couple officially met, in Gander and then on to Gambo.
The conversation began in a line to obtain their medications from a pharmacist due to their luggage being stuck on the airplane, then in another line to get blankets.
They brought in army cots for beds, and we were standing in line to get a blanket, and I was standing next to Diane and she said they smelled like mothballs,” Nick said. They just started talking at that point, and I asked her if I could share the cot next to her
Within a few days in Newfoundland, Nick says he had an interest in Diane that was sparked from being screeched-in together.”The master of ceremonies had offered to marry us when he found out we weren’t married. Then Diane, who had a couple of beers at that point said, ‘Well, why not?'” he said.
“Then I started thinking, ‘Hmmm, OK,’ and all these things going on and you sort of start checking off boxes in your mind, you know, this is all going in the right direction.” The following day, the duo headed out to see the Dover Fault.
“The Dover Fault is a beautiful, scenic, historical place. I started to step out of the way so he could take a picture of the view, and he said, ‘No, no. Stay there, stay there.’ Then I thought ‘I think this guy is interested in getting a picture of me,'” she said with a laugh.’
The Marsons both agree that the turning point was the next day when Diane says she became emotional to be leaving. Nick put his arm around her on the school bus as the group of stranded passengers made their way back to Gander to catch a flight home.
Nick, being the British gentleman that he is, said he tried to give Diane a comforting kiss on the forehead during the ride. Diane recalls the event a little differently.
“The school bus was maybe jumping around, and I thought he missed kissing me so I just grabbed him and kissed him on the mouth, and that sort of set the scene,”
Picture Nick took of Diane at the Dover Fault
The Dover Fault is where Diane and Nick Marson fell in love during their stay in Newfoundland. They were brought together by luck, or fate, but Nick says it was special.
"A volunteer took us to Dover Fault," Diane Marson remembers. "It's a very beautiful place," her husband, Nick Marson, says. "Nick was going to take some pictures, and I went to step out so I wasn't in it, and he said, 'No, no.'" And here we are Where the world has come together And she will be In this picture, forever "I wasn't interested in the photograph of the place," Nick continues. "I wanted a picture of Diane for my memory." "We had known each other for two days, but that's how I knew he was interested in me."
Town flag returns from Broadway
The town flag comes back to Dover from being a part of the Broadway show Come From Away in New York City . The flag was signed by all cast members of the show.
Cast of COME FROM AWAY visits the Dover Fault Lookout
The crew were here for the full day filming the part of the story of Nick and Dianes love story and other aspects of the film. It was an amazing day for the town and crew.
September 11, 2001. Images of that day are forever etched into our collective consciousness. It was a day of shock and terror, the effects of which linger within our minds. And yet on that same day, on an island about 3,000 kilometers from Manhattan, in the middle of the Atlantic, the citizens of Gander, Newfoundland, gave voice to all that is good and generous within humanity