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On this date in 2009, Sully Sullenberger performs “Miracle on the Hudson"

On January 15, 2009, a potential disaster turned into a heroic display of skill and composure when Captain Chesley Burnett Sullenberger III safely landed the plane he was piloting on New York City’s Hudson River after a bird strike caused its engines to fail.

Posted: 01/15/2022 at 06:25AM

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On this date in 2009, Sully Sullenberger performs “Miracle on the Hudson" -- PhotoHokieNC 01/15/2022 06:25AM

Amazing feat by Sully ** -- HokieR 01/15/2022 07:41AM

I could have done that. As a Navy P-3 pilot, we practiced ditching, down to -- B777Fr8Dog 01/15/2022 09:51AM

Funny you should say that -- Vippie1 01/15/2022 10:13AM

Also read the water was really smooth that day... -- `lag 01/15/2022 10:11AM

...unlike an old man trying to send back soup at a deli. ** -- Tank 01/15/2022 11:19AM

The Carolinas Aviation Museum will be renamed in his honor -- PhotoHokieNC 01/15/2022 08:19AM

And -- PhotoHokieNC 01/15/2022 08:20AM