Pilot Declares Emergency Because Of Extreme Hypoxia

I got this clip from the NATCA Archie Awards, where NATCA gives out awards for the best ATC. Full Description: Over the radio, Jay McCombs tried hard to understand the slow, slurring words muffled among the blaring sirens sounding in the background. The radio was poor, and the pilot difficult to understand, leaving only unintelligible transmission and uncontrollable noise to be heard. Controllers at Cleveland Center were now faced with the complex and difficult task of deciphering the message if they had any chance of finding a solution. The critical diagnosis that was to come would make all the difference in securing the safety of the Kalitta Learjet, KFS66. The events unfolded on July 26, 2008 when McCombs accepted the handoff of KFS66, which appeared to have a stuck mike creating incomprehensible transmissions. Unclear to those in the Center, however, was that the copilots arm was all the whi br, br,