Posts Tagged ‘hero

The pilot whose splash landing in the Hudson made him an American hero has broken his silence, saying his death defying feat was a  combo of being “calm on the outside, turmoil inside.”
Praised for his coolness under fire, Chesley (Sully) Sullenberger described his Jan. 15 river plunge as “surreal” and revealed he and his wife [...]

Friends and neighbors of the pilot who safely landed a crippled jetliner in New York’s Hudson River planned to give him a hero’s homecoming on Saturday.
The mayor and other officials were preparing to greet US Airways Pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger and his family with a ceremony on Danville’s town green.
Sullenberger, who lives in this San [...]

He’s an angel of the skies, and a hero on the internet.
Just hours after US Airways pilot Chesley Sullenberger safely crash landed his jet into the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 150 passengers and four crew, he is already an online icon.
A Facebook group dedicated to “Pilot of flight 1549, Chesley B. “Sully” [...]