Three Hundred Seventeenth in the Famous People (FP) Series - Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger
Miracle on the Hudson
January 15, 2009
"Prepare for impact!" was all the pilot of the US Airways airplane told the passengers before making an emergency landing in the Hudson River.
The plane, a US Airways Airbus A320 bound for Charlotte, N.C., struck a flock of birds during takeoff minutes earlier at LaGuardia Airport and was submerged up to its windows in the river by the time rescuers arrived in Coast Guard vessels and ferries. 
The flight crew opened the exits of the Airbus A320 as the passengers steeled themselves for the icy waters and tried to remain calm in the cabin. Some passengers waded in water up to their knees, standing on the wing of the plane and waiting for help.
"The left engine just blew. Fire, flames were coming out of it and I was looking at it because I was sitting right there. And it just started smelling like gasoline," said one of the passengers.
"Gotta give it to the pilot man," the shaken passenger added. "He did a helluva job."
All of the passengers survived, according to initial reports thanks to the expertise, bravery and cool of the pilot, Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III, a hero whose calm saved 155 people, including a little baby, from an icy and fiery death in what could only be called a miracle.
Here in the Restlawn Memorial Cemetery, you may find yourself flying over a Hudson to get to this medium sized lock-n-lock container. Plenty of room for trade items, so come with your pockets full.
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