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fpb ([personal profile] fpb) wrote2009-01-16 07:08 pm
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More even than his exceptional coolness in a desperately difficult situation, it is the fact that Captain Chesley B.Sullenberger III, as the plane was slowly sinking into the Hudson, went through the aisle twice to make sure all the passengers and crew were gone, that tells us the kind of man he is.

[identity profile] mentalguy.livejournal.com 2009-01-16 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
That story totally made my day -- it isn't often that a plane crash is such an occasion for giving thanks to God!

Since pictures of the pilot-hero seem to be hard to come by right now, here's one I found after some digging:



More men like this, please.

[identity profile] rfachir.livejournal.com 2009-01-17 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
Defines "The Right Stuff" - but I wish they'd talk about the co-pilot, too. More than enough work for two.