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more about #chesleysullenberger more comments → onebadclam: I have a hard time believing someone in office supplies gets into either first class or heaven. more » dola: "Am I in heaven?" she asked him. Wow, people really *do* believe in that shit. And so humble! Of course heaven would be your first stop. more » GORDONGARTRELLE: I thought the passengers' account was called Doody. more » lobstr: That crash will not be properly depicted until screenwriter David Sontag -- who was on board that flight -- does something with his experience... In ... more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: sully, call me more » Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate: So Chesley is where the make-up-a-name-for-your-child trend started then. more » RollsRoyceRevenge: If I were in a crashing plane...well, let me put it this way. People around me would be praying for the end, and not because of the crash. more » BadUncle: The real miracle here is that an airline still has first class. more » Artie Fufkin: The Mets just signed him for 4 year/50 mil. more » Seanibus: Praying on the way down then surviving. Reminds me of the classic joke - a groomsman is late for a wedding. He is circling and circling looking for pa... more » son of spam: At some point, we're going to have to talk about the moustache. more » Claire Buoyant: Dude's a great pilot, but maybe not a born writer of dramatic tales. I'd think that a disinclination towards dramatics is exactly what allowed Sullen... more » Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Chesley? Who names their child Chesley? His parents must have been either evil or pretentious. And what the hell is a Sullenberger? more » Swifter: A great pilot and courtly gentleman. Chesley Sullenberger, American. more » bjonston: more » -
#miracleonthehudson
Sully Was Cool, But Passengers Were Like 'We're So Dead'
Ice-cold saintly hero pilot Chesley Sullenberger didn't blink after the engines on his plane failed, forcing him into a death-defying river landing. The passengers, on the other hand, were totally freaked the fuck out. Book excerpt, ho! More » -
#heroes
Sully: Cold As Ice
Government bureaucrats are holding their fancy "hearings" in their air-conditioned offices to talk about what they can "learn" from the smooth river-ditching of US Airways Flight 1549 by hero pilot Chesley Sullenberger. Learn this, Poindexters: how a real hero talks: More » -
#crime
Hero Pilot Offers You Library Book Amnesty
In case there was any doubt he's a walking angel among us, Chesley Sullenberger has done penance for being overdue on a library book stuck in that plane he safely landed on the Hudson River. More » -
#books
Hero Pilot Lands $3 Million Book Deal
HarperCollins will pay $3.2 million for two books from pilot Chesley Sullenberger, according to a story in the Daily Beast. And go figure: the Zen-calm "Hero of the Hudson" is a poet. More » -
#gawkerstalker
Captain Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger: Traitor
The hero of the Hudson Plane Ditch was seen today as just a passenger on a plane. But NOT on his employer's airline, US Airways. No, the villain was flying Virgin America!: More » -
#heroes
At Last, Sully Asks for Something
The saintly hero-pilot of Flight 1549 has at last looked to cash in on his heroism! Thank goodness. Waiting for Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger to drop this shoe was killing us. More » -
#gossiproundup
Oscar Edition: Battered Rihanna Canceled Surprise Appearance
The singer was rumored to be a special guest at last night's Academy Awards ceremony but, as happened with the Grammys, the beating she received from boyfriend Chris Brown kept her away. More » -
#hudsonplanecrash
Sullenberger Will Be the Hero We Need
On 60 Minutes, Katie Couric kept asking Chesley Sullenberger whether his heroic flight was influenced by anything beside training: his gut, his terror, his God. No: "I was sure I could do it." More » -
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#chesleysullenberger
Hero of the Hudson to Save Journalism, Too
Katie Couric got scooped by a kid! Jega Sanmugam of Dougherty Valley High in San Ramon, Calif. published his sitdown with Flight 1549 miracle pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger before her 60 Minutes interview aired. More » -
#heroes
Chesley Sullenberger Is Even Better Than You Think
Is hero pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger a normal man, or a superhuman paragon of ethics sent to earth to shame us into being better people? His treatment of an overdue library book points to "superhuman": More » -
#gets
Hero Pilot Cheats on Katie Couric
After promising himself to CBS, pilot Chesley Sullenberger gave an interview to ESPN. Katie Couric should have known. "Sully" may be dreamy, and is definitely a hero, but he's also a media heartbreaker. More » -
#journalismism
Sad Matt Lauer Needs This Obama Interview To Go Well
Matt Lauer is supposed to interview Barack Obama for the Superbowl pre-game show any minute now. He could use a good chat following his terrible week of endless dissing. More » -
#television
Sully Breaks Up With Matt Lauer For Katie Couric
Godlike Hudson Hero pilot Chesley Sullenberger canceled a Today show interview Monday, but promised to come back and give Matt Lauer the exclusive when he could talk. But he lied! More » -
#gossiproundup
Britney Spears In $14 Million Book Deal?
Britney Spears will somehow seduce a publisher into paying millions for three books from her; Lindsay Lohan wants to re-seduce Gotham via magazine spread and Dan Abrams keeps seducing actresses. More » -
#publicrelations
Coy Sully Cancels TV Interview; America Weeps
Hero pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, America's most popular man, was all set to make his big national television debut on the Today show this morning. Then he pulled out. Stop restraining our Sully!: More »
