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	Podcast:		TxDOT-Statewide Podcast
	Episode:		Mineta's Unprecedented Decision on 9-11-01: "I Want All the Planes Down Right Now"
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:00:18
	Publish Date:		2011-09-08 07:00:00
	Description:		Among the millions of Americans who found themselves at a crossroads on the morning of September 11, 2001, few faced a tougher decision than then-Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta, who in response to the hijacked airplanes crashing into the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, took the unprecedented steps of grounding all domestic air traffic in the United States, and diverting all incoming international air traffic to Canada. In the days that followed, while other authorities were beginning their investigations into the attacks themselves, Mineta was charged with looking forward and improving the security of the nations transportation, which among other efforts led to the creation of the Transportation Security Administration. For more on his role on that fateful day, and the legacy those attacks left on transportation in the United States, I spoke with Secretary Mineta, now Global Vice Chairman at Hill and Knowlton in Washington, D.C.
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