The Heroics of Captain Sully and the “Miracle on the Hudson”

[NYCA News]

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The Heroics of Captain Sully and the “Miracle on the Hudson” (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nycaviation/~3/LfWkSsfFL4M/)

As the public understands it, Sully saved 155 lives through nerves of steel and superhuman flying skills. The truth isn’t quite so romantic.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nycaviation/~4/LfWkSsfFL4M
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[megatop412]

Great article. I was glad to see someone acknowledge the trend(since 9/11) of media throwing the word 'hero' around perhaps more than it is warranted.

[yankees368]

As Sully himself says, the single best thing he did was flip on the APU as soon as he did. Not losing power to control systems and displays likely played a bigger role in saving those people than anything else.

[mirrodie]

"And a hero, to me,"

And that above quote, from the article, tells the whole story and so the word hero is how he defines it. Its an Op-Ed piece. No ,I dont usually throw the word hero around.

Sport héros, diet heros, thats all bull****. But a guy who just shows up with his A game and, along with his crew, protects his crew and staff, is a hero.

The decision to land on the water, in a clear area, is heroic. The foresight to call for a water landing....heroic.

If the writer wants to be arrogant and talk about Sully is not a hero and give examples of other pilot/aviation situations, I'd prefer he write 2 articles about those other aviation instances.

[wunaladreamin]

"And a hero, to me,"

And that above quote, from the article, tells the whole story and so the word hero is how he defines it. Its an Op-Ed piece. No ,I dont usually throw the word hero around.

Sport héros, diet heros, thats all bull****. But a guy who just shows up with his A game and, along with his crew, protects his crew and staff, is a hero.

The decision to land on the water, in a clear area, is heroic. The foresight to call for a water landing....heroic.

If the writer wants to be arrogant and talk about Sully is not a hero and give examples of other pilot/aviation situations, I'd prefer he write 2 articles about those other aviation instances.


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Couldn't have said it better myself Mario.