How a Pothole Repair Crew Helped Land a Plane on a Bronx Highway

Road work crews typically labor in obscurity, spending hours in blazing sun or freezing cold without glory or fanfare. In New York City, with its aged infrastructure, impatient drivers, and wildly variable weather, the job is devoid of even the faintest hint of glamour. When is the last time, after all, that anyone said even a simple thank you to one of the men and women who maintain the asphalt that tens of thousands drive on every day?

But last weekend, members of a New York City DOT crew had rare occasion to step into the limelight.