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23 a weather briefing from the Center Weather Service Unit (CWSU). Carlisto also coordinated visible satellite images on the Weather and Radar Processor (WARP) monitor to assist Asmundson in guiding the aircraft to areas of apparent breaks in the clouds. Said Asmundson to Daily: "Lewiston Tower said that there is a clearing right above the airport right now. How does everything look for you?" "Everything's looking really good. I'm just east of the airport now. I found a large hole," Daily reported, adding that he was expecting to come out the bottom of it "real shortly." Daily said he had a good view of the ground and Asmundson worked to help set him up for his approach. In an email to ZSE Air Traffic Manager Candice Larson after the event, Lewiston-Nez Perce County Regional Airport Federal Contract Tower (LWS) Air Traffic Manager Wendy Fredrickson praised the team: "I wanted to share my deepest gratitude and appreciation to the Sector 8 team for their outstanding customer service. I can tell you without reservation that the pilot landed in good hands when he arrived at LWS shaken and anxious from being caught in the clouds with a VFR rating because of your staff. The ZSE Sector 8 team went above and beyond exemplary customer service with their kindness, patience, sincere care for this gentleman's well-being, wealth of experience and knowledge as professional air traffic control specialists. Please pass along our gratitude; we are very thankful to get to work with such a great team!" I am honored to be able to call these extraordinary controllers my peers. In a situation that could have ended in tragedy, they banded together and exemplified teamwork to utilize all manner of National Airspace System assets and experience in order to ensure that Shane could make it home safely that day. Only through constant vigilance, utmost professionalism, and pride in their craft were these controllers able to maintain the excellence that was displayed that afternoon. We in the Northwest Mountain Region, as well as NATCA, could not be more proud. ยป Northwest Mountain Regional Vice President Alex Navarro III: