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“ATTENTION ALL AIRCRAFT: THE NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM IS CLOSED.”
That line was said thousands of times on Tuesday, September 11, 2001 by air traffic controllers nationwide. The next line went something like this: “You will be instructed to land at a nearby airport.” After that, each aircraft was given a clearance from our nation’s skies at the rate of one per second. One…
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