00:00These types of decisions have consequences.
00:04Medical evacuation flights
00:07were forced to divert to Las Cruces.
00:11All aviation operations were grounded, including
00:15emergency flights. This was a major and unnecessary
00:20disruption, one that has not occurred
00:23since 9-11. El Paso
00:27is not just a dot on a map. We are a major
00:31major city. We are the sixth largest
00:35city in the state of Texas and we are the
00:3922nd largest city in the United States.
00:44Without hospital, military operations and
00:47emergency services and critical infrastructures that depend on
00:51coordinated and reliable airspace operations,
00:54decisions. Decisions made without notice
00:57or coordination puts lives
01:00at risk and creates
01:02unnecessary danger and
01:04confusion.
01:05Correspondent
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