LaGuardia Air Traffic Controller: “I Messed Up.”

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🗓️ 24 March 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Two pilots are dead after an Air Canada flight crashed into a fire engine at New York’s LaGuardia airport. President Trump backs off a self-imposed threat to bomb Iran’s power plants, citing ongoing negotiations. And the U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to overturn mail-voting guidelines in more than 30 states. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Springs blooming at Starbucks.
0:03.0	A new season calls for new discoveries,
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0:15.0	with vibrant lilac hues to brighten your spring mood.
0:18.0	Hot or iced, there are so many ways to love this stunning serve.
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0:27.4	Subject to availability while stocks last.
0:30.1	It's Tuesday, March 24th.
0:32.1	The air traffic was fine.
0:33.8	It was the ground traffic that killed them.
0:35.9	We start here.
0:38.8	A jetliner crashes into a fire truck crossing the runway.
0:43.3	You actually hear the air traffic controller telling that truck to stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.
0:48.8	But at that point, it was just too late.
0:51.3	Two pilots are dead and it's shocking that it wasn't even deadlier.
0:54.9	We'll take you to LaGuardia.
0:56.4	President Trump backs off the deadline to Iran that he issued.
1:00.5	They want very much to make a deal.
1:02.9	We'd like to make a deal, too.
1:04.5	He says Iranians are offering concessions while Iran says we're not even taking meetings.
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