The NATCA Podcast, Episode 4: Featuring an interview with St. Thomas (STT) U.S.V.I. NATCA Facility Representative Patrick Cieniewicz. On the job for only a year before two catastrophic hurricanes struck the island in September 2017, Patrick talks about working traffic from under a tent (pictured) and in a temporary tower in the days and weeks after the second storm hit, the process of recovery on the island, and the March 8 reopening of the permanent control tower. 

The STT temporary mobile tower ceased operations on March 7. Services were transitioned back to the repaired permanent tower on March 8. 

"It was an all hands on deck kind of thing," Cieniewicz said of the repair and reopening effort. "It's amazing when something like this happens, the amount of help that you get - and a lot of it is behind the scenes. Thank you to everyone who helped out. It's very much appreciated."

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