LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Pilot Jeffrey Lustick knows the value of air traffic controllers.

"I've been in the situation where I've had an in-flight emergency, and the air traffic controllers make a difference," he said. "They help you get to the ground safely. They alert people that you need help. They summon emergency [responders]. And air traffic controllers save lives."

And that life-saving work continues, even as the government shutdown stretched into its 37th day.

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So Lustick and some of his fellow pilots in the North Las Vegas airport Hanger Owners Group decided to respond to the emergency that controllers are experiencing.

Twice now, including on Thursday, pilots have driven a caravan to the North Las Vegas airport tower with food and other supplies for controllers, many of whom h

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