The 9/11 Commission Report made reference to this unprecedented order and commended the air traffic controllers who carried it out.
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The 9/11 commission credits FAA National Operations Manager Ben Sliney with issuing the directive after he witnessed United Airlines Flight 175 crash into the south tower of the World Trade Center.
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