Benedict Sliney never quite lost his flat Boston, Irish street-kid accent.
It was there if you listened for it, lying just beneath the surface of his broader, tougher New York accent, which hid the softer side of a man who had a passion for cooking.
Right out of high school he joined the United States Air Force and was made an air traffic controller. He loved it.
When he came back from Vietnam, he signed up with the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) to begin a civilian career with them, spending years working towers at airports like JFK, LaGuardia and Newark, while spending nights
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