a commuter airliner and two other planes dangerously close to one another. it happened at washington s reagan national airport. and in an extraordinary move, the faa administrator and the transportation secretary came out today to talk about what happened. our brian todd is at the airport. brian. reporter: yeah, candy. extraordinary because for the first time we re getting the hard information from america s two top transportation officials that this was really too close a call. they came out in a hastily called news conference to say, yes, it was too close a call. another part of that news conference they really want to brush back on initial media reports saying that these planes were on a collision course. they re saying they would not have collided. that would not have happened. essentially the way they lay it out is this. it all played out pretty much over where i m standing here tuesday afternoon. there was a whole line of planes coming in from that direction toward me
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mexico on vacation. they watched the ceremony and are walking the streets here. one gentlemen was telling me he was an air traffic controller on duty that day in new mexico and helped to direct traffic down to the ground. his wife worked at ato school across from the control tower. her school was closed. she said her daughter joined the army after that happened. she started to cry. tears were streaming down her face. a lot of emo tion and compassio anpeople drawing strength from each other this day. candiotti. we appreciate you as always. t, with are going to turn to ths pentagon now. the president, he was there this morning attending a 9/11 service at the pentagon where 184 people died in this attack. the ceremony was open only to family members of the victims. the president, as you se in the