Operation Yellow Ribbon is the name of the operation that Transport Canada created to handle the diversion of civilian airline flights following the September 11 attacks in 2001.
As a result of Operation Yellow Ribbon, 255 aircraft were diverted to 17 different airports across the country. – Wikipedia
NBC will be airing a documentary of the same name, this Sunday at 7pm as part of the Olympic coverage. It is scheduled to air before the closing ceremonies.
There was a sneak peak of the video on You Tube, but it has since been removed.
