Shutting Down the Skies on 9/11

Dean Terry was an airline dispatcher for National Airlines in Las Vegas, NV on the morning of September 11, 2001. He was one of many airline dispatchers who were given the unprecedented order to shut down America’s airspace, after terrorist hijackers turned American passenger jets into weapons of war. He also happens to be my father.

Twenty-two years later, I sat him down for an interview to explain what it felt like to be a flight dispatcher on the day the skies shut down.

This short documentary was produced, edited and scored by me, Bryce Terry.

Special thanks to Dean Terry for sharing his story.

Sources:

Internet Archive - Understanding 9/11: A Television News Archive

Smithsonian Air & Space - September 11: FAA Closure of US Airspace