"I Was Sure I Could Do It"
February 9, 2009 2:32 PM
Katie Couric speaks with Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger about the final moments before U.S. Airways Flight 1549 made a dramatic landing in N.Y.'s Hudson River.
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Well done to all of you, and every good wish to the passengers and their families.
Giselle, Peterborough, UK
If this is true I will never use their services as long as I''m alive.
How dare you US Air I worked in the aero space union in Seattle Wa. and worked for very little to help build the overhead bins get some class behind your CEO thinking the public will not stand what you''ve been accused to firing Captain Sully
Us Air what would you think you%u2019d be paying out for 100 plus lives for negligent if Capt. Sully wasn%u2019t there? again I state get some class in you CEO and your regulations
For these pilots and what they do as well as their family sacrifices.
I thank our lord for a team showing us that if we all do our Professions we can achieve miracles as we go through our lives...
Caption Sullenberger face will never leave my heart & mine as long as I live. His crew showed us being a part of a team can be heroes and save so many other lives during crises. God Bless not only the crew but their traffic controller and the Passengers who all kept their Composures for the directions to survive the horrific experience in all their lives
Captain Sullenberger is right. We have had so much bad news, so many worries about the economy, two wars, and things in our world going awry, that we need good news and this was a story that brought some relief. But that doesn''t lessen the beauty of what he and his flight crew did that day. Their selfless, responsible professionalism that put the lives of all those people in their care ahead of their own welfare is worthy of our respect. I heard Captain Sullenberger''s wife in an earlier newscast comment that he was the most honorable man she knew. After listening to him this evening I can understand her feeling.
President Obama and Captain Sullenberger--already the world seems a brighter and better place!
Sully is a hero, not only for USAirways, but for the whole USA. There has been more than one "incident" for USAirways, and there has NEVER, ever been a firing over a crew memeber in the job that they have done in the face of an emergency.
This is absolutely an absurd acusation!
Do you realize how improbable it is that anyone would survive a total loss of power on an airliner in a urban area like New York?
You might get away with that in a Cessna on a good day, but it is unheard of for an airliner to get away with that.
It is unlikely he''s been disciplined in any way.
- by ted226 February 9, 2009 12:03 AM EST
- Just watched interview. Spoke with sister in law who is a flight attendant with US Air. She is currently in Philly. She was crying, after watching the interview. She also stated that US Air fired "Sully". Stating they were mad because he lost an aircraft. This is a shame. Is this true?
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