Bin Laden Tapes Survive But 9/11 Tapes Don't

September 11, 2001 ::

Six air traffic controllers who dealt with two of the hijacked airliners make a tape recording describing the events.

But the tape is later destroyed by a supervisor without anyone making a transcript or even listening to it.

[Washington Post, 5/6/04.  New York Times, 5/6/04]