Hero Air Controller Guides Couple to Safety After Pilot Passes Out

When one of the nation's 15,000 air traffic controllers does something wrong, you always hear about it. When one of them does something right, averting disaster, it's called a save, and many times we don't hear about these stories.
Charlie Rohrer, a controller for 22 years, had just finished a class on how to recognize the symptoms of hypoxia. A week later, while working his shift at the Denver Air Route Traffic Control Center, Rohrer diagnosed the condition, which occurs when a pilot flying at ...