My research revealed that a KTEB tower controller, alone on midnight shift, locked himself out of the cab. He called the TRACON, informed them of the situation, the NY TRACON took control of the airspace and three planes landed under "CTAF" procedures. All a non-event, as expected when the media and high politicians are uninvolved.
It happened during construction on the tower, the incident occurred on July 5, 2009 and was termed "inconvenient" by FAA spokesman Jim Peters.
Other than the cellphone coordination, exactly on point, in my view.