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Steverino Begins
01/17/09

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This man is a living God. He has inspired me more in the past 24 hours than George W. Bush in 8 years. If Gawker runs any negative "turns out he regularly hires hookers" type stories on him, I will not click on them.
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Ryan Van Laar
01/16/09

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"women and children first"

Yet another reason to fly in drag.
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PandoraSpocks
01/16/09

@Ryan Van Laar: As if you needed one.
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jasonelias
01/16/09

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It's nice that someone named Sully did something heroic. That's usually a name reserved for knaves, neer' do wells and drunken sots.
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Oldgold
01/15/09

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I don't mean to diminish Sullenberger's heroism and stupendous achievement one iota (and by the way, the next time some goon complains that commercial airline pilots are overpaid, just look 'em in the eye and say "Flight 1549"), but this is a day when all New Yorkers should feel good about themselves. All the ferry and Circle Line crews and first responders who witnessed a incredible situation unfold before them and raced to the rescue deserve tremendous applause and kudos, too. There were really two miracles that occurred in the Hudson today: A jet ditched safely in the middle of a very big, fast-moving river AND nobody subsequently was lost in the water.

Could that have occurred anywhere else? Call me a NYC chauvinist but I don't think so. Sure, New Yorkers can be assholes when it comes to giving an old lady a seat on the subway, but when the chips are down, really down, you don't want to be someplace else.
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Xylo
01/15/09

@Oldgold: Yes! All the pics and footage of New Yorkers racing to help brought a tear to my eyes. And that pilot knows what great help they were.
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BxgrlJeri
01/16/09

@Oldgold: There's no commuter ferries this morning. New Yorkers had a moment of "yeah us!" and now they're pissed at everything and everyone again.
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Lizawithazee
01/15/09

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I say, everybody except that guy in 19D first. Are you with me? That guy is an asshole!
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Seeräuber Jenny
01/15/09

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Sullenberger ... Sulzberger ... could it rub off?
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Seeräuber Jenny
01/15/09

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"Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger, III."

A name with a more pleasing sound than Edward John Smith.

Quel héros!
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ObtuseIntolerant
01/15/09

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Oh Captain, my Captain! <3 <3
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BxgrlJeri
01/15/09

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He swept the cabin TWICE. TWICE. While the plane was sinking into the icy Hudson. TWICE.
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Krashstar
01/15/09

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Wait, isn't this the first successful water-landing in, like, all of history?
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badasscat
01/15/09

@Krashstar: No, there have been many: [en.wikipedia.org]

And that list is not complete.

It's rare to have a 100% survival rate, but given that a ditching is really just a controlled crash on water, I'd say any ditching with a large number of survivors is a "success".

As to 45 years? They may have meant 40 years. [en.wikipedia.org]

Photo: [i88.photobucket.com]
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Hydroceph
01/15/09

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From Salon's Patrick Smith, author of "Ask the Pilot."

[www.salon.com]
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Lizawithazee
01/15/09

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Thank you, sir, for restoring my faith in human nature, personal discipline and the possibility of miracles.

(Also thanks for Bush's farewell address, which ended a few minutes ago. All in all, a good day.)
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maevemealone
01/15/09

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He looks like the kind of pilot who would take you to Fantasy Island, or the Love Boat in Puerta Vijarta... Just as Ricardo Montelban left the world a little less dashing, Sully stepped up to the plate. Cheers, Sully.
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gladys_kravitz
01/15/09

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Was anyone else surprised they first tried to make it to Teterboro? I wouldn't have thought you could land such a big plane there.
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Xylo
01/15/09

@gladys_kravitz: THIS guy could have.
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BxgrlJeri
01/15/09

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The idiot in chief is giving his farewell speech. Says there is evil and good in this world.

Chesley = good Bush = evil
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