Yeah Guns I suppose I might also have visited the ATC's house. Who knows?
The sad thing is that we all know that the poor bloke is not the only one to carry any blame. He had a zillion systems to back him up and when those systems fail he is alone. In those days prior to the midair, the techs never told you what they were up to, except if they fiddled with the radar. So he didnt know that the half the systems weren't operable!!
As for Nat Geographics and the Discovery Channel: Very interesting and often very sensational "documentaries" but not always acurate. In fact, hardly ever acurate. If they were acurate, the programs would be boring and nobody would subscribe......
The memorial service was held this afternoon......very sad, but at least it gave everyone the chance to say good bye to their friend and show support and solidarity to his wife and help her carry and cope with the grief. She is also an ATC by the way.