Number 1 inspirational news story of 2009 – Miracle on the Hudson
The top inspirational news story of 2009 was the “Miracle on the Hudson.” On Jan. 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 hit a flock of geese soon after taking off from LaGuardia, causing it to fall into the Hudson River. The pilot told the passengers as it was going down, “This is the captain speaking. Brace for impact.”
Fortunately, he maneuvered the 80-ton aircraft away from a catastrophic crash and landed the airplane on the river with it still intact. The passengers, then made their way onto the wings of the plane to avoid falling into the 20-degree water. Shortly thereafter, an improvised fleet of tour boats, ferries and tugboats came over to the scene. They tossed out life vests and began taking people in.
The pilot, Chesley Sullenberger, twice walked the length of the sinking plane to make sure he was the last to depart. All of the 155 passengers were rescued by level-headed New York waterway operations. One of the persons rescued, Molly Schugel remarked, “The most amazing part was, I saw no pushing, no shoving. I saw nothing but help and compassion.”
New York Gov. David Patterson said, “We had a miracle on 34th Street. I believe now we have a miracle on the Hudson.”
December 28th, 2009 at 8:49 am
I agree Matthew; it was the best inspirational story of this year.
December 28th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Ya…Hearing about how people risked their life for complete strangers trying to get off the plane really inspires me to trust in the inherent goodness of others
December 28th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Matthew Welsh, Christie Anders. Christie Anders said: Spiritual Media Blog » Blog Archive » Number 1 inspirational news … http://bit.ly/8mLqyv [...]
December 29th, 2009 at 3:40 am
Wow, that’s a realy nice story to end the year on. Love and compassion. Most people would be just looking out for themselves. In New York don’t they have a social policy where people tell people on public transport to shut up if they’re too noisy etc? I wish we had that in England!
January 6th, 2010 at 5:54 am
I cannot believe this is true!
January 16th, 2010 at 9:46 am
This brings me to an idea:…
February 5th, 2010 at 9:28 am
Great idea, thanks for this tip!
February 9th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
Usually, I am not very fond of politics in general – however, every now and then we all have to take notice. There are several very good issues raised here, and I am taking notice – I am grateful to you.
February 15th, 2010 at 9:28 pm
Hi,
Miracle on the Hudson river its great i really appreciate work of Pilot..
February 26th, 2010 at 11:46 am
Appreciate it… Still another beneficial article, it’s really why my partner and I return for a internet site over and over again…
VERONA