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>> The co-pilot Jeff Skiles and

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Captain Sully Sullenberger, the

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cockpit crew of US Airways 1549

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safely landed the airbus

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jetliner on the Hudson River in

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New York, saving more than 150

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lives.

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While this event and its safe

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conclusion that vaulted Jeff and

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Sully into the media spotlight,

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Jeff has been involved with

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aviation nearly his entire life.

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Jeff's parents were both pilots

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and were participants in the

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annual EAA fly-in convention the

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1960s, which has been held back

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at that time in Rockford,

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Illinois.

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That built his own flying

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enthusiasm as he built his own

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flying career and eventually

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joined US Airways in 1986.

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He has now logged more than

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20,000 hours flying in

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everything from vintage

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airplanes to some of the world's

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most sophisticated jetliners.

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Jeff joined EAA in 2012 and

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serves as the vice president of

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communities and member programs.

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In that role, he leads several

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of the organizations key

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programs, including Young

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Eagles, which has introduced

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more than 1.8 million youth to

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flying since 1992.

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He also is part of EAA's network

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of more than 900 local chapters

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and supports in aviation in EAA

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and local communities.

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Jeff also heads up the

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leadership team here at EAA

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AirVenture Museum.

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Since its opening in 1983, the

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museum has welcomed more than

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2.5 million visitors.

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Jeff has owned a number of

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aircraft, both vintage and

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contemporary, which he enjoys to

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fly to EAA events and other

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fly-ins throughout the Midwest.

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He is a regular contributor to

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the EAA Sport Aviation magazine

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and is involved in pilot and

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aviation safety issues for both

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aviation civilian and aviation

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airliners.

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So, please welcome Jeff Skiles.

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[APPLAUSE]

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>> Thank you.

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Thank you.

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I must say, when we scheduled

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this about four months ago, I

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had no idea the level of free

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publicity that I was going to

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get to promote this

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this evening.

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Do you know that it was on CNN,

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CBS, ABC?

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Of course, they might have been

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talking about the event

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behind me.

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[LAUGHTER]

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So I got quite a story to tell

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you this evening.

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And I'm going to do that tonight

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by putting you on the jump seat.

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And you're probably asking

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yourself, what's a jump seat?

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Well, airline pilots in the

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crowd will know that between the

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captain and the first officer in

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every cockpit there's a little

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seat that folds out from the

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wall.

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And it's a very special place.

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And only very special people get

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to sit there.

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You have to be on a database

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with the Department of Homeland

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Security to be allowed access to

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any cockpit in this country.

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But tonight I'm going to put you

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on that jump seat, and I'm going

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to be doing that by taking you

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along with me and telling you my

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story.

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Now, as you sit there, to your

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left you're looking at

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Captain Chesley Burnett

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Sullenberger III.

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[LAUGHTER]

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That's quite a name.

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In the course of our trip,

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before the incident, we're up at

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altitude flying out to

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San Francisco and I'm looking at

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my trip sheet, which is this

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little piece of paper we carry

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that says where we're going,

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when we have to be there, when

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we have to get up, and who the

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crew members are, and I'm

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looking at this name that takes

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the entire space that's allowed

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for a name on this trip sheet.

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And I said, hey, Sully, with a

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name like that, it must put a

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lot of pressure on a man to

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produce a Chesley Burnett

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Sullenberger IV.

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[LAUGHTER]

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And he said, Jeff, that is

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exactly why I adopted two girls.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Sully grew up in Denton, Texas.

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Kind of the northwest side of

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Dallas.

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He learned to fly as a teenager

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and got a private pilot license

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before he graduated high school.

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He went to the Air Force

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Academy, and when he graduated

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from there he went to fighter

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pilot school and flew F-4

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Phantom fighters just after the

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end of the Vietnam War.

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Sully got out of his shift

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there, or his hitch, and he

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joined Pacific Southwest

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Airlines, which is one of the

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airlines that makes up the

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current day US Airways.

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Now, for those of you who don't

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know, which is probably most of

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the crowd, he's very much as he

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appears on TV.

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He is the professional's

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professional.

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Even before our accident, I was

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noticing how precise he was

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about everything that he did in

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the cockpit.

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He tries to be the best, and he

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knows that that's going to take

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work not necessarily talent.

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And he puts in the work to make

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it happen.

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So Sully is really, really quite

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an individual.

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To your right, you're looking at

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me, Jeff Skiles.

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I also learned how to fly as a

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teenager right here in Madison,

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Wisconsin.

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Got my license when I was

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17 years old.

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My first job was pumping gas at

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the airport.

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Became a flight instructor while

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I was going to college.

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Worked at a couple smaller

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airlines, but I was hired

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at US Airways in 1986.

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And I've been both a captain and

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a first officer at US Airways at

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different times, and at the

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time, I was working as a first

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officer so I could get the best

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of schedules because I was very

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senior in that position.

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Now, I find that people like to

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tell me where they were when

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they first heard the news or

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saw those first pictures.

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Well, I don't know where you

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were...

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[LAUGHTER]

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But I'm going to tell you where

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I was.

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[LAUGHTER]

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We'd actually started that day

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in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,

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on a layover.

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We flew down to Charlotte, and

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we switched airplanes and we're

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going to go on up to LaGuardia.

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Now, LaGuardia had low clouds

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and snow that day, and if you

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know anything about the east

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coast, that means air traffic

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control delay.

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So we're at the end of the

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runway in what we call the

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holding pad with our engines

06:15.200 --> 06:16.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
shut down, down at the end of

06:16.933 --> 06:18.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:55%
1-8 left in Charlotte.

06:18.400 --> 06:20.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
And I'm asking Sully what there

06:20.366 --> 06:22.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65%
is to do on the west coast

06:22.066 --> 06:24.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
because this is my very first

06:24.233 --> 06:27.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:47.5%
trip in the airbus.

06:27.366 --> 06:28.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
I've just gotten out of training

06:28.866 --> 06:31.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:40%
the week before.

06:31.100 --> 06:32.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70%
And the airplanes that I had

06:32.700 --> 06:34.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
flown, I'd come from a 737 in

06:34.500 --> 06:36.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
the Philadelphia base, and the

06:36.433 --> 06:38.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
airplanes I'd flown had not

06:38.066 --> 06:39.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70%
flown west of Kansas City in

06:39.533 --> 06:41.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
probably my last 20 years of my

06:41.266 --> 06:42.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:17.5%
career.

06:42.833 --> 06:44.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
So layovers like San Diego,

06:44.666 --> 06:46.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
San Francisco, Los Angeles,

06:46.366 --> 06:47.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60%
these are exotic layover

06:47.433 --> 06:48.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:47.5%
destinations to me.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Ironically, he starts telling me

06:52.433 --> 06:55.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65%
about the Seattle layover.

06:55.633 --> 06:57.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
And he says there's a great

06:57.066 --> 06:58.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:45%
opportunity there.

06:58.866 --> 07:00.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
He says there's a place called

07:00.133 --> 07:02.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
Kenmore Air, and you can walk

07:02.000 --> 07:04.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
there from our layover hotel and

07:04.033 --> 07:05.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
they'll let you jump seat with

07:05.600 --> 07:06.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:12.5%
them.

07:06.600 --> 07:07.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
They fly these little float

07:07.666 --> 07:09.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:42.5%
planes out to the

07:09.266 --> 07:10.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65%
San Juan Islands and up to

07:10.700 --> 07:12.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:42.5%
British Columbia.

07:12.200 --> 07:13.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
I'm thinking this is pretty

07:13.666 --> 07:14.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:12.5%
cool.

07:14.700 --> 07:15.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60%
I get out my trip sheet.

07:15.733 --> 07:17.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:42.5%
I get out my pen.

07:17.033 --> 07:18.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
I'm writing down who you call,

07:18.733 --> 07:19.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
how you set this up because

07:19.900 --> 07:21.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70%
I have never landed on water

07:21.300 --> 07:22.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:17.5%
before.

07:22.900 --> 07:25.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:25%
[LAUGHTER]

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Did finally make it out there

07:32.966 --> 07:34.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:42.5%
about a year ago.

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[LAUGHTER]

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But I kind of already had that

07:36.700 --> 07:38.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:30%
box checked.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Now, up in LaGuardia,

07:43.133 --> 07:44.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
where you're going to join us on

07:44.566 --> 07:46.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
the jump seat, a cold front has

07:46.600 --> 07:48.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
moved through and it's pushed

07:48.233 --> 07:49.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
the clouds and the snow off to

07:49.766 --> 07:51.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:22.5%
the east.

07:51.033 --> 07:52.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
It's clearing but it's really

07:52.333 --> 07:53.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:12.5%
cold.

07:53.933 --> 07:55.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
I remember walking around the

07:55.366 --> 07:57.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
airplane, which we do every time

07:57.033 --> 07:58.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
we land, we do a walk-around and

07:58.766 --> 08:00.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
check out the exterior of the

08:00.766 --> 08:02.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
airplane, and I remember that

08:02.966 --> 08:04.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
cold just biting through my

08:04.600 --> 08:07.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:37.5%
leather jacket.

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We got back, we boarded the

08:08.633 --> 08:10.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
passengers, and every seat was

08:10.233 --> 08:11.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:17.5%
filled.

08:11.633 --> 08:13.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
150 passengers joined us today

08:13.666 --> 08:15.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:37.5%
on this flight.

08:15.600 --> 08:17.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
In the cockpit, you're seeing

08:17.266 --> 08:18.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65%
Sully and I conducting our

08:18.766 --> 08:21.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:50%
pre-start checklist.

08:21.800 --> 08:23.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
We actually go through what we

08:23.400 --> 08:24.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
call flows where we go through

08:24.966 --> 08:26.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
the cockpit in a very ordered

08:26.466 --> 08:27.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:17.5%
manner.

08:27.800 --> 08:29.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
We check every switch, load

08:29.733 --> 08:31.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
every computer, check every

08:31.466 --> 08:33.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
system, and then, over on top of

08:33.800 --> 08:36.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65%
that, we do a checklist in

08:36.033 --> 08:37.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
between us to make sure we've

08:37.833 --> 08:39.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
accomplished the most important

08:39.300 --> 08:41.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:15%
items.

08:41.400 --> 08:43.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
We close the door, push back,

08:43.566 --> 08:46.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5%
and start up our engines.

08:46.266 --> 08:48.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
On the taxi out, I'm setting the

08:48.900 --> 08:50.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
controls for takeoff, imputing

08:50.766 --> 08:52.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
our weights into the computers

08:52.466 --> 08:53.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5%
to get the proper takeoff

08:53.933 --> 08:55.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
speeds, and talking on the radio

08:55.233 --> 08:57.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5%
to the ground controller.

08:57.100 --> 08:59.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
Sully's taxiing the airplane.

08:59.066 --> 09:01.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60%
We get out to the end of

09:01.533 --> 09:04.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:55%
Runway 4 in LaGuardia.

09:04.766 --> 09:08.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
And we stop short and I give my

09:08.466 --> 09:11.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
takeoff briefing because this

09:11.133 --> 09:13.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65%
just happens to be my leg.

09:13.266 --> 09:14.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
As airline crews go through the

09:14.533 --> 09:16.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:45%
day, we swap legs.

09:16.500 --> 09:17.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
One leg the captain flies, one

09:17.566 --> 09:19.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
leg the first officer flies, and

09:19.333 --> 09:20.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
we just kind of swap legs going

09:20.500 --> 09:21.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:40%
through the day.

09:21.500 --> 09:22.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
It just happened to be my leg

09:22.833 --> 09:24.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:17.5%
to fly.

09:24.733 --> 09:27.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
Now, this is not only just my

09:27.033 --> 09:29.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65%
first trip on an airbus in

09:29.566 --> 09:33.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70%
regular scheduled transport,

09:33.233 --> 09:34.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5%
it's also my first trip

09:34.333 --> 09:36.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:27.5%
with Sully.

09:36.066 --> 09:38.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
At the time, I'd worked there

09:38.033 --> 09:39.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
for 24 years, he'd worked there

09:39.800 --> 09:41.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70%
for 30, I don't every recall

09:41.533 --> 09:44.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5%
even seeing Sully before.

09:44.100 --> 09:45.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
A lot of people think that we're

09:45.633 --> 09:47.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5%
joined at the hip as crew

09:47.766 --> 09:49.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
members, but we're not at all.

09:49.533 --> 09:51.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5%
There's 5,000 pilots at

09:51.000 --> 09:52.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70%
US Airways alone, which is a

09:52.266 --> 09:54.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:40%
smaller carrier.

09:54.300 --> 09:55.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
We can't depend on knowing the

09:55.533 --> 09:57.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
person we're going to work with.

09:57.766 --> 10:00.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
We have to sit down next to

10:00.366 --> 10:03.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
somebody and perform as a crew

10:03.133 --> 10:05.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70%
from the very first takeoff.

10:05.133 --> 10:06.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
We do that by following our

10:06.733 --> 10:08.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
procedures and our training very

10:08.700 --> 10:10.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:22.5%
strictly.

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I didn't really know Sully but I

10:11.933 --> 10:13.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
knew exactly what he was going

10:13.733 --> 10:15.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
to do in any situation, and he

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knew the same of me.

10:17.600 --> 10:19.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65%
Our air traffic controller

10:19.933 --> 10:22.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:55%
clears us for takeoff.

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Sully comes out, taxis it out,

10:25.366 --> 10:27.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
lines it up with the center line

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stripes, sets the parking break,

10:28.533 --> 10:30.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
and he says, your aircraft.

10:30.033 --> 10:31.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
And I said, my aircraft, which

10:31.333 --> 10:33.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
is how we verbalize transferring

10:33.800 --> 10:35.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
control of the airplane to make

10:35.566 --> 10:37.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
sure that somebody is flying it

10:37.100 --> 10:38.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:32.5%
at all times.

10:38.533 --> 10:40.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:25%
[LAUGHTER]

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You laugh, but that actually

10:43.166 --> 10:45.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60%
is a result of accidents

10:45.833 --> 10:47.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
that have happened because both

10:47.333 --> 10:49.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
pilots were trying to solve

10:49.166 --> 10:50.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
an emergency and nobody was

10:50.700 --> 10:52.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70%
actually paying heed to what

10:52.766 --> 10:55.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5%
the aircraft was doing.

10:55.533 --> 10:57.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
I reach over and I grab these

10:57.866 --> 10:59.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70%
large thrust levers and push

10:59.800 --> 11:01.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60%
them up into the takeoff

11:01.500 --> 11:04.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:47.5%
and go-around D-10.

11:04.100 --> 11:05.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
The airbus is a fly-by-wire

11:05.633 --> 11:08.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65%
airplane, which means that

11:08.333 --> 11:10.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5%
nothing in the cockpit is

11:10.066 --> 11:12.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
actually attached to anything.

11:12.100 --> 11:13.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
These bit throttles that I just

11:13.666 --> 11:15.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70%
pushed forward operate these

11:15.433 --> 11:16.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
tiny little microswitches below

11:16.833 --> 11:18.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:25%
the panel.

11:18.433 --> 11:20.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
The control stick with which we

11:20.100 --> 11:21.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70%
fly it just sends electrical

11:21.933 --> 11:23.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
impulses to a computer that then

11:23.833 --> 11:25.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
pours hydraulic fluid out onto

11:25.766 --> 11:27.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
servos to operate the control

11:27.700 --> 11:29.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
surfaces on the wings and on the

11:29.300 --> 11:31.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:12.5%
tail.

11:31.133 --> 11:33.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
We start accelerating down the

11:33.066 --> 11:34.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:17.5%
runway.

11:34.433 --> 11:35.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
Sully makes our standard call

11:35.900 --> 11:37.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5%
outs of 80, V1, rotate.

11:37.366 --> 11:39.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
I pull back on the side stick.

11:39.633 --> 11:40.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:50%
We leave the runway.

11:40.966 --> 11:42.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:55%
He says positive rate,

11:42.433 --> 11:46.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:45%
and I say gear up.

11:46.366 --> 11:48.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
At 400 feet, we rolled to a

11:48.000 --> 11:49.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
heading of north, which was our

11:49.900 --> 11:51.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
assigned departure heading, and

11:51.833 --> 11:54.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65%
we start to accelerate and

11:54.066 --> 11:55.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:55%
clean up the airplane.

11:55.833 --> 11:57.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
At 3,000 feet in the air, which

11:57.833 --> 11:59.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
isn't very high at all, I'm

11:59.666 --> 12:01.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5%
pitching the nose over to

12:01.866 --> 12:03.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
accelerate even further to our

12:03.900 --> 12:06.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:25%
air speed.

12:06.266 --> 12:07.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
We actually have, like you have

12:07.800 --> 12:13.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
a highway miles per hour speed,

12:13.000 --> 12:14.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
we actually have an air speed in

12:14.966 --> 12:15.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:20%
the air.

12:15.633 --> 12:16.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:35%
It's 250 knots

12:16.766 --> 12:17.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:45%
below 10,000 feet.

12:17.933 --> 12:19.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
You can't go faster than that.

12:19.000 --> 12:21.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
But I'm only about 204 knots,

12:21.333 --> 12:22.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
and I'm pitching it forward to

12:22.833 --> 12:25.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65%
accelerate, and I remember

12:25.666 --> 12:27.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60%
something caught my eye.

12:27.533 --> 12:29.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70%
And I look slightly above us

12:29.666 --> 12:31.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:40%
and to the right

12:31.100 --> 12:33.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5%
and I see a line of birds

12:33.366 --> 12:36.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
too close to maneuver around.

12:36.866 --> 12:38.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65%
In fact, traveling at that

12:38.333 --> 12:40.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70%
speed, by the time you see a

12:40.066 --> 12:41.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
bird, it's really too late to do

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anything about it.

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And then I hear Sully next to me

12:45.400 --> 12:47.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:27.5%
say, birds.

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And that fast we were on top of

12:48.600 --> 12:49.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:12.5%
them.

12:49.766 --> 12:51.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
Their bodies were impacting on

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the wings, on the fuselage, and

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at least two of them went

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through the core of each engine.

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And when I say the core, when

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you're looking at a jet engine

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from the terminal, you're

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actually seeing the big fan

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section.

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There's two big spools of fan

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blades, there are a bunch of

13:12.566 --> 13:13.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
little fan blades that come out

13:13.666 --> 13:14.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:17.5%
around.

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But if you were right up next to

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the engine and looking into it,

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you'd see a much smaller turbine

13:19.466 --> 13:21.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5%
and compressor section.

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And there's 17 spools of these

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little blades behind there.

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You can actually take a bird

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through the fan section and have

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maybe a little vibration, maybe

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nothing at all, and the engine

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produces power.

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But we took two of these big

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geese right through the turbine

13:37.766 --> 13:39.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65%
compressor section of both

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engines.

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And they just destroyed both

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engines.

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I remember that we heard the

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birds impact the airplane, and I

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remember thinking we have to

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assess what the damage was.

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And then after about a second

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both engines immediately

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cut power.

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They make a high whining sound

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at climb power, and they just

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reduced to nothing.

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I remember the shock of it felt

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like when you have a bad cold

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and your head is kind of fuzzy

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because it feels like your head

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is going to explode.

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We have our nose up in the air,

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we're at our minimum air speed

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for this particular clean wing

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situation with our flaps up, and

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we've just wiped all the power

14:24.966 --> 14:26.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:42.5%
off the airplane.

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You could just feel the airplane

14:28.000 --> 14:29.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:37.5%
sag in the air.

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The air speed tape is unwinding.

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I'm pushing the nose forward to

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try to keep the airplane flying,

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and Sully decides to take over

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the aircraft, actually flying

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the aircraft at this point,

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which is his prerogative

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as the captain, and he says,

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my aircraft.

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And I said, hey...

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[LAUGHTER]

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Your aircraft.

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Don't let me stop you.

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[LAUGHTER]

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But this is actually

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a signal.

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We are very highly trained, and

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we can switch duties with even

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just a few words.

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Normally when we fly an airplane

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as airline pilots, we're

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constantly crosschecking each

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other.

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There's not any important

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modification that's made to our

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navigation systems, to changing

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altitude, to power settings

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without both pilots being

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involved and both pilots

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agreeing on it happening.

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But when we have emergency

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situations, we know we have to

15:24.866 --> 15:26.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:32.5%
split duties.

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One person flies the airplane;

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the other person handles the

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emergency.

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When Sully said, my aircraft,

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and I said, your aircraft,

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my role immediately changed

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to that of a troubleshooter.

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And I reached for what we call

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our quick reference handbook,

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which is a 177-page...

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[LAUGHTER]

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Book of emergency procedures

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and data.

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And I'm looking for the dual

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engine failure checklist.

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[LAUGHTER]

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When I find it,

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it's three pages long.

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It's designed to be done at

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30,000 feet in the air, not at

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3,000 feet in three minutes

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time.

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The scenario it imagines is a

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fuel starvation or ingesting

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volcanic ash which destroys your

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engines, not ingesting two geese

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per engine that simply destroy

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them.

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But still, I start into the

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checklist making sure we have

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electrics and hydraulic power so

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that we can actually fly the

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airplane and trying to restart

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the engine.

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Now, back in the cabin, two of

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our flight attendants are

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sitting right behind the door of

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the cockpit facing backwards on

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a jump seat.

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They don't even have a window

16:40.833 --> 16:42.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
where they sit, and they know

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that something has gone horribly

16:43.633 --> 16:45.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60%
wrong with the airplane.

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They obviously have long

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experience in aviation.

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In fact, our three flight

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attendants averaged 30 years of

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experience a piece.

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But they knew something horrible

17:00.200 --> 17:01.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70%
was going wrong but they had

17:01.833 --> 17:03.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:50%
no idea what it was.

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We didn't have the time to talk

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to them.

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In the cabin, our passengers

17:07.833 --> 17:08.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70%
have heard and in some cases

17:08.833 --> 17:10.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70%
seen the birds impacting the

17:10.033 --> 17:12.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:20%
engines.

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There's flames shooting about

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50 feet out the back of the left

17:17.400 --> 17:19.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
engine, but most of them thought

17:19.033 --> 17:20.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
we had an engine fire on that

17:20.466 --> 17:22.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
side which is scary enough but

17:22.633 --> 17:23.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
certainly we'll be returning to

17:23.933 --> 17:26.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
land on the engine on the right.

17:26.200 --> 17:27.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
The right side engine was even

17:27.366 --> 17:29.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:52.5%
more heavily damaged.

17:29.366 --> 17:31.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
The right side engine, the first

17:31.366 --> 17:34.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
spool of the compressor section

17:34.266 --> 17:35.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
shattered, and all that metal

17:35.900 --> 17:37.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70%
went back and just threw the

17:37.566 --> 17:39.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
engine and just destroyed it.

17:39.200 --> 17:40.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70%
The left engine was actually

17:40.800 --> 17:42.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65%
running at kind of an idle

17:42.333 --> 17:43.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:15%
power.

17:43.900 --> 17:45.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70%
But the birds had managed to

17:45.466 --> 17:47.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
knock the fuel nozzles out of

17:47.166 --> 17:48.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
the burner cans, and the gas was

17:48.933 --> 17:50.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
igniting in the slip stream

17:50.600 --> 17:52.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
behind the engine like a torch

17:52.433 --> 17:54.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:32.5%
out the back.

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But the important thing for us

17:55.866 --> 17:57.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
is it was running an alternator

17:57.566 --> 17:59.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70%
and a hydraulic pump because

17:59.166 --> 18:00.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
both of those things we need to

18:00.766 --> 18:03.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:10%
fly.

18:03.033 --> 18:05.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5%
Up in the cockpit Sully's

18:05.433 --> 18:07.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65%
talking to the air traffic

18:07.000 --> 18:08.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
controller about going back to

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LaGuardia.

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Now, I can't see it because it's

18:12.266 --> 18:13.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5%
over on his side of the

18:13.833 --> 18:15.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
airplanes and is actually behind

18:15.366 --> 18:16.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
his shoulder at this point.

18:16.866 --> 18:18.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
I can't make any judgment as to

18:18.433 --> 18:20.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
whether we can actually make it

18:20.566 --> 18:22.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5%
back to LaGuardia or not.

18:22.566 --> 18:24.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
Our only options for landing are

18:24.566 --> 18:26.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70%
to go back to the airport we

18:26.700 --> 18:28.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
left from, a little airport

18:28.533 --> 18:30.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
called Teterboro off on our

18:30.133 --> 18:31.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
right, or the Hudson River which

18:31.766 --> 18:33.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:52.5%
is right ahead of us.

18:33.600 --> 18:35.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
Otherwise, all we're looking at

18:35.200 --> 18:37.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65%
are highways, skyscrapers,

18:37.566 --> 18:39.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:17.5%
houses.

18:39.333 --> 18:40.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
There's absolutely no place that

18:40.933 --> 18:42.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
you could set this airplane

18:42.466 --> 18:43.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:12.5%
down.

18:43.900 --> 18:45.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
It's New York City, one of the

18:45.400 --> 18:48.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
most congested places on Earth.

18:48.200 --> 18:49.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
At one point, our air traffic

18:49.933 --> 18:51.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
controller, Patrick Harten,

18:51.733 --> 18:53.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
points out Teterboro, and I

18:53.600 --> 18:55.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
remember pausing in what I was

18:55.233 --> 18:56.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
doing to look out and see if I

18:56.900 --> 18:59.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:35%
could spot it.

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I saw it on the horizon, and

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then I saw that it started to

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rise in the windshield, which

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any pilot knows means you can't

19:06.700 --> 19:08.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:20%
make it.

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Really our only option was to

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land the airplane

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in the Hudson River.

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Now, what I remember most about

19:18.800 --> 19:20.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
that descent was all the noise

19:20.700 --> 19:22.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:37.5%
in the cockpit.

19:22.700 --> 19:24.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65%
We have all manner of oral

19:24.133 --> 19:26.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
alerts that warn us of various

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things.

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And a number of them are going

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off simultaneously.

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We went too close to a

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helicopter that was coming up

19:35.000 --> 19:36.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:40%
the VFR Corridor

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up the Hudson River, and we're

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getting a "traffic, traffic"

19:40.166 --> 19:42.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
call out over our speakers.

19:42.700 --> 19:44.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
Because we had no power on and

19:44.600 --> 19:45.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
we're down low to the ground,

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we're getting an audible

19:47.266 --> 19:48.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
call out of "too low gear,"

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"too low flap."

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Our alert bell is sounding

19:51.133 --> 19:52.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:55%
continuously with this

19:52.300 --> 19:53.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
ding-ding-ding-ding-ding sound

19:53.966 --> 19:56.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
as these cascading failures are

19:56.000 --> 19:57.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
overwhelming the monitoring

19:57.233 --> 20:00.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60%
systems in the airplane.

20:00.900 --> 20:03.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
Through all this noise, Sully

20:03.233 --> 20:04.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
had the presence of mind to

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reach back and grab the public

20:06.233 --> 20:08.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
address telephone, which sits

20:08.933 --> 20:10.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
between us at the back of the

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console and looks just like an

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old style telephone receiver.

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And he presses the button on the

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public address system and says,

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"This is the captain,

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brace for impact."

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Now, that's actually a sign.

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It tells the passengers

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obviously things aren't going

20:27.733 --> 20:29.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:12.5%
well.

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[LAUGHTER]

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But it's a signal to the flight

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attendants to start into their

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emergency preparedness training,

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that they have trained for.

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They start chanting,

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"Brace, brace, heads down,

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stay down, brace, brace,

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heads down, stay down,"

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over and over and over again

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to get the passengers

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into the proper position

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for a crash landing.

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Now with this, the passengers

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know that they're not going to

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be returning to an airport to

20:57.533 --> 20:59.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:12.5%
land.

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And they handled it in a number

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of ways.

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Some of them wrote notes to

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leave behind, to leave in their

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shirt pockets.

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A large number of them texted

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loved ones on the phones that

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were supposed to be shut down...

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[LAUGHTER]

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When they left the gate.

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One passenger showed me his text

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at the year anniversary

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of the event.

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It was still on his phone.

21:30.566 --> 21:31.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:20%
It said,

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"The plane's going down.

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I'll always love you,

21:34.333 --> 21:37.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5%
say goodbye to the kids."

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One passenger, who I just saw

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yesterday actually,

21:42.633 --> 21:44.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
had had two days of bad luck.

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Just the day before,

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his wife had been diagnosed

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with breast cancer.

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And he's a spiritual man so of

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course he made a pact with God.

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And he said, God, if you have to

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take someone, please take me.

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So here it is, less than 24

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hours later, and he's plummeting

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to the Earth in this engineless

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aircraft, he doesn't know what

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the next few moments of his life

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are going to hold, and he told

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me all he could think about was,

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God, I know we made this pact

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and all...

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[LAUGHTER]

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But did it really have to be

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so soon?

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[LAUGHTER]

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Up in the cockpit,

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we're coming down through about

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a thousand feet in the air.

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We're not going to be able to

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get the engines started.

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Even if they lit off, they

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wouldn't spool up in time for us

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to avert landing in the river.

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I started calling out air speeds

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and altitudes to Sully to give

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him situational awareness.

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He has to land with the wings

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perfectly level to keep from

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dragging a wing tip and possibly

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cartwheeling the airplane.

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But one of the very fortunate

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things that day,

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and I'll tell people

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we had one moment of bad luck

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and a thousand moments

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of good luck,

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but one of the very

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fortunate things was that the

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river ahead of us was clear.

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For anybody who's ever been in

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New York, it's a very heavily

23:16.166 --> 23:19.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:50%
trafficked waterway.

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And most New Yorkers are just

23:21.700 --> 23:23.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
surprised we found any place to

23:23.133 --> 23:24.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70%
set down an airplane in that

23:24.566 --> 23:26.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:15%
river.

23:26.266 --> 23:28.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:42.5%
But it was clear.

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And there wasn't any wind that

23:30.500 --> 23:32.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70%
day so there were no swells.

23:32.000 --> 23:33.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
They can actually get swells,

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three-foot swells,

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in the Hudson River.

23:37.500 --> 23:39.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
I remember this odd feeling

23:39.933 --> 23:42.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
as we came down close, as the

23:42.566 --> 23:44.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
skyscrapers and buildings were

23:44.766 --> 23:46.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
rising off of both our left

23:46.500 --> 23:47.700 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:30%
on Manhattan

23:47.700 --> 23:53.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
and off the right in New Jersey.

23:53.000 --> 23:56.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
When you survive an airline

23:56.466 --> 23:58.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
accident, one thing it gives you

23:58.966 --> 24:00.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
the opportunity to do is listen

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to your own crash on the cockpit

24:02.433 --> 24:04.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
voice recorder, which is quite

24:04.433 --> 24:05.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60%
an emotional experience,

24:05.800 --> 24:08.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:37.5%
let me tell ya.

24:08.400 --> 24:09.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
The only people who ever get to

24:09.833 --> 24:11.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
hear the cockpit voice recorder

24:11.766 --> 24:14.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70%
are the five people that are

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on the National Transportation

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Safety Board Cockpit

24:17.333 --> 24:19.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60%
Voice Recorder Committee

24:19.000 --> 24:20.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:52.5%
who listen to it and,

24:20.800 --> 24:23.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
in our case, survivors, because

24:23.000 --> 24:25.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
the National Transportation

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Safety Board, who investigates

24:27.133 --> 24:28.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65%
accidents in this country,

24:28.833 --> 24:30.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60%
didn't understand how we

24:30.800 --> 24:32.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
communicated, because there

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are points at which we each took

24:34.666 --> 24:38.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
action and we communicated,

24:38.733 --> 24:40.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
but we didn't say anything.

24:40.833 --> 24:42.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
And they didn't understand how

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that happened, and they wanted

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us to listen to the tape

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and give them some answers.

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And I could tell you,

24:48.700 --> 24:50.000 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5%
I don't have any answers.

24:50.000 --> 24:51.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:47.5%
Neither does Sully.

24:51.433 --> 24:53.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
All I know is that I was doing

24:53.866 --> 24:56.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
my task, but I was completely

24:56.100 --> 24:58.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:47.5%
aware of everything

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that was going on around me.

25:00.633 --> 25:02.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:52.5%
I knew what Sully was

25:02.166 --> 25:04.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
thinking every step of the way,

25:04.100 --> 25:06.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
and he knew the same of me.

25:06.233 --> 25:07.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:40%
Other than that,

25:07.500 --> 25:08.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:55%
I have no explanation.

25:08.566 --> 25:10.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:55%
We really didn't speak

25:10.066 --> 25:12.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
as we were coming down to land

25:12.466 --> 25:13.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:50%
on the Hudson River.

25:13.833 --> 25:15.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:47.5%
There was no verbal

25:15.133 --> 25:16.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:35%
communication.

25:16.833 --> 25:18.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65%
But as we listened to that

25:18.600 --> 25:20.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5%
cockpit voice recorder,

25:20.900 --> 25:22.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5%
we both heard something

25:22.400 --> 25:23.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
that neither of us remembered

25:23.633 --> 25:26.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:50%
at all from the day.

25:26.133 --> 25:27.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70%
Right before we touched down

25:27.533 --> 25:30.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
in the water, Sully asked me,

25:30.833 --> 25:33.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65%
"You got any other ideas?"

25:33.566 --> 25:36.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:25%
[LAUGHTER]

25:36.966 --> 25:40.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5%
I said, "Actually, no."

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[LAUGHTER]

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We hit hard on the tail, and

25:45.433 --> 25:46.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
then the water just seemed to

25:46.833 --> 25:48.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5%
flow over the windshield.

25:48.300 --> 25:49.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
It seemed like it was burying

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the nose of the airplane

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into the river.

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But then it popped up, and it

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was just bobbing in the waves.

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I turned to Sully and I said,

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"Well, that wasn't so bad."

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[LAUGHTER]

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But we've lost all our

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electrical power.

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And the flight attendants

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are waiting for two words

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from Sully.

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They're waiting for him to say,

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"Evacuate, evacuate,"

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and our public address system

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doesn't work.

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So Sully went back to the cabin

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to give that command

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so that the flight attendants

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could independently start their

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evacuation procedure.

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I stayed up in the cockpit,

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because we actually have

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a procedure for this, an

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emergency evacuation checklist.

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The first item on it is

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"parking break set."

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[LAUGHTER]

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The second item is

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"engines one and two off."

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Well..

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[LAUGHTER]

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The left one isn't even attached

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to the airplane anymore.

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It's going to the bottom

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of the river.

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Certainly the right one

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is shut down.

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So I kind of went through this.

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None of these tasks were really

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applicable to the situation.

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And probably about 45 seconds

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went by, and I went back,

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and I'm standing in that

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little hallway between

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the cockpit and the cabin

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and we had the rafts open.

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About the first 10 rows or so

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of the airplane are already

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out on the rafts.

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They're empty of passengers.

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And I'm stopped short because

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running up towards me up the

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aisle is a guy who looks like

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he's about 25 years old,

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and he's wearing

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nothing but boxer shorts

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and a pair of sweat socks.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Keep in mind, it's 20 degrees.

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It's January.

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I'm pretty sure he didn't get on

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the airplane that way.

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[LAUGHTER]

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I found out later that he

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planned to swim to shore.

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So he took off most of his

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clothes back there in the cabin

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somewhere.

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But he's already realized

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what a bad idea this is

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because he's freezing.

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[LAUGHTER]

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So he stops short before me

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and he's hugging himself,

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and he's shivering and he says,

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"What do I do?"

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And I said, go get in the raft.

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[LAUGHTER]

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I told the next three people,

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could you go sit on that guy

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to keep him warm?

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[LAUGHTER]

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Now, the airplane had hit

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pretty hard on the tail and

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actually did a lot of damage

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in the back.

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It pushed the rear baggage hold

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up into the rear galley and

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compromised the structure

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back there, which is why it was

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sitting so tail-low and we

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couldn't use the rafts that were

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in the rear of the airplane.

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So the passengers had no choice

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but to go out onto the wings.

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It was the only place open

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to them to get away from the

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airplane.

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Our flight attendant,

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Doreen Welsh, was sitting

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in her jump seat

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in the back of the airplane

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when some of the structure from

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that baggage hold, specifically

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an I-beam, came shooting through

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the floor and went right into

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her calf.

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Her leg is spurting blood, but

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she doesn't realize it yet.

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She's in shock.

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The people ran to the back of

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the airplane where some of them

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reported that the water was up

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to their necks.

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But she somehow got them

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headed back forward

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over the emergency exit hatches

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over the wings.

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The people got off the airplane

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relatively fast.

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They were enthusiastic about...

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[LAUGHTER]

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Getting off that airplane.

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And after they were off, Sully

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and I went back to about

29:32.400 --> 29:33.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
mid-cabin because the people on

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the wings had left without

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taking floatation devices.

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The aircraft had life vests.

29:40.766 --> 29:42.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
In fact, life vests hang in

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pouches below the seats of the

29:44.266 --> 29:46.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
airplanes, but you would have to

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read the boarding card

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pretty closely to see that.

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And of course the seat cushions

29:50.733 --> 29:53.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70%
are also floatation devices.

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So we were getting floatation

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devices, seat cushions and

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life vests, and handing them out

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to the people on the wings.

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Now, where we were, the water

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was about up to our knees,

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and it was just freezing cold.

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It was literally ice water.

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And your bones just ached

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being in that water.

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Both Sully and I started walking

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on the seats and on the armrests

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just to keep our legs out of the

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water, but you still had to

30:21.300 --> 30:23.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
reach down underneath the seats

30:23.466 --> 30:25.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:37.5%
with your hands

30:25.033 --> 30:27.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60%
to get those life vests.

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We did that and we pretty much

30:29.033 --> 30:30.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
cleared out the area around the

30:30.733 --> 30:33.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5%
center of the airplane.

30:33.233 --> 30:34.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
It was settling down in the

30:34.966 --> 30:36.900 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
water while I was in there.

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You could tell that.

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But I was never actually

30:41.100 --> 30:42.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
concerned at all for my own

30:42.333 --> 30:46.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70%
safety, because I thought if

30:46.233 --> 30:48.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
it actually started to sink

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I could probably run for it and

30:49.500 --> 30:50.666 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
get out one of those emergency

30:50.666 --> 30:51.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:32.5%
exit hatches.

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I was never more than about

30:52.700 --> 30:54.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:52.5%
20 feet away from it.

30:54.066 --> 30:56.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
So I wasn't concerned at all.

30:56.600 --> 30:58.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
But after a while, we cleared

30:58.600 --> 31:00.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65%
out the area of floatation

31:00.200 --> 31:01.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
devices and life vests and Sully

31:01.300 --> 31:04.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
says, "Let's get out of here."

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So we went back forward and went

31:06.133 --> 31:08.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
out the normal boarding door,

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the way you would get on the

31:09.500 --> 31:11.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:22.5%
airplane.

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Now, I remember this odd

31:13.266 --> 31:14.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
feeling, because in the cabin

31:14.400 --> 31:16.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:30%
it was calm.

31:16.366 --> 31:17.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
It was just Sully and I in there

31:17.966 --> 31:19.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65%
and we were working and we

31:19.333 --> 31:20.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
really didn't know what was

31:20.866 --> 31:23.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
going on outside the airplane.

31:23.600 --> 31:25.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70%
Because of where we happened

31:25.033 --> 31:26.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
to come to rest, which was right

31:26.600 --> 31:28.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
where the ferry boats crossed

31:28.333 --> 31:30.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
from Manhattan to New Jersey,

31:30.200 --> 31:31.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
the boats were on shore and all

31:31.966 --> 31:33.366 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
they had to do was castoff their

31:33.366 --> 31:34.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:80%
lines and come out and they were

31:34.433 --> 31:36.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:35%
already there.

31:36.533 --> 31:37.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:30%
The airplane

31:37.966 --> 31:40.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60%
was surrounded by boats.

31:40.533 --> 31:42.600 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65%
And there was a helicopter

31:42.600 --> 31:43.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70%
overhead that was dropping a

31:43.800 --> 31:45.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
police frogman into the water

31:45.533 --> 31:47.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
to help the passengers who had

31:47.033 --> 31:49.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
slipped off the wings into the

31:49.066 --> 31:50.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
water, help them back onto the

31:50.766 --> 31:52.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:15%
wings.

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I remember the helicopter was

31:53.833 --> 31:56.033 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
just kicking up spray, and it

31:56.033 --> 31:58.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
was just drenching everybody.

31:58.833 --> 32:02.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
I became obsessed with the fact

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that this raft is tethered to

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the plane.

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If the plane's going to sink,

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it's going to take our raft

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with it.

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So there's actually a safety

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knife in this raft specifically

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for this, to cut this tether,

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but we had about 70 people on

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a raft that was designed for 40.

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And there was no way I was going

32:21.633 --> 32:24.166 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
to be able to find this knife.

32:24.166 --> 32:25.533 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
We were packed into this raft

32:25.533 --> 32:27.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:35%
like sardines.

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Sully called up to one of the

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boats overhead and asked

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if anybody had a knife.

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And this guy throws down a knife

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and Sully hands it to me.

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I press the clasp,

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it was a clasp knife, and

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the blade comes shooting out.

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It's like a New Jersey

32:41.366 --> 32:42.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:30%
switchblade.

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[LAUGHTER]

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I cut the rope, and then

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I'm holding the knife

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in an inflatable raft.

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[LAUGHTER]

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The significance hasn't escaped

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me, but of course it's a nice

32:56.500 --> 32:57.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
knife, you want to give the guy

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his knife back, right?

32:59.333 --> 33:00.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
Well, after a while I thought

33:00.733 --> 33:01.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65%
this is just too dangerous

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and I threw it in the river.

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We floated around the nose of

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the aircraft and one of the

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New York waterway ferries

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comes up next to us.

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The Athena was the boat.

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And the captain reverses

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his engines and comes to a stop

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right next to our raft.

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And of course we're sitting down

33:24.233 --> 33:25.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65%
on the water, and the deck

33:25.966 --> 33:28.400 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:72.5%
on this boat is up about six,

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seven feet in the air.

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Just another obstacle.

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How are we going to get up

33:33.400 --> 33:35.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:15%
there?

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Well, a crewman runs out from

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the cabin and he throws a

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boarding net over the side.

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And I remember looking at this

33:42.566 --> 33:43.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65%
boarding net and thinking,

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what is it, D-Day?

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[LAUGHTER]

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We're supposed to climb up

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this?

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My hands are frozen.

33:49.766 --> 33:51.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:55%
I can't grip anything.

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And then he throws a rope over

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the side at me, and I'm

33:54.366 --> 33:55.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
supposed to keep hold the raft

33:55.966 --> 33:57.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:42.5%
next to the boat.

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I remember I held it in my elbow

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because I couldn't grip my

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hands.

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They were just frozen.

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I held it in my elbow and I'm

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just leaning up against the side

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of the boat, sitting on the edge

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of the raft while the passengers

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started to go up the boarding

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net with crew members

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helping them onto the deck.

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It seemed like I must have,

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I don't know, lost track of time

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or blacked out there, because it

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seemed like the passengers had

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just started going up and then

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the next moment that I recall

34:29.866 --> 34:31.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
I hear Sully behind me say,

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"Jeff, we better get out of here

34:32.800 --> 34:35.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:50%
while we still can."

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I looked behind me,

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and the raft was empty

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except for Sully and I.

34:40.166 --> 34:41.433 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
So we clamored up onto the boat

34:41.433 --> 34:43.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:52.5%
as best we could, and

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I ended up on my hands and knees

34:45.466 --> 34:47.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:30%
on the deck.

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I got up, walked into the heated

34:48.966 --> 34:51.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5%
cabin area, and there was

34:51.100 --> 34:53.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:42.5%
a passenger there

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right in front of the door.

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He had one of those flip phones,

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and he just called somebody

34:57.600 --> 34:58.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5%
and he flipped it shut.

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He looks at it,

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and then he offers it to me.

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And I thought, well,

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maybe I should call somebody.

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[LAUGHTER]

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But who should I call?

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I'll call my wife.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Guys, learn from me,

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that's a bad move.

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[LAUGHTER]

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So I dial the number,

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a do it with my knuckle.

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It takes me about three tries

35:25.133 --> 35:26.466 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:47.5%
and I get it right.

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I've got the phone up to my ear,

35:27.700 --> 35:29.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
I'm staring out the window,

35:29.266 --> 35:31.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
the plane is still floating by

35:31.733 --> 35:33.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:35%
at this point.

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She answers and I said,

35:35.866 --> 35:37.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
"I don't think I'm going to be

35:37.266 --> 35:38.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:35%
home tonight."

35:38.966 --> 35:39.833 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:25%
[LAUGHTER]

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And she says, "Why?"

35:41.500 --> 35:42.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:45%
And I said, "Well,

35:42.966 --> 35:45.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:62.5%
we took off in LaGuardia.

35:45.066 --> 35:46.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:32.5%
We hit birds.

35:46.733 --> 35:48.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
We flamed out both engines.

35:48.266 --> 35:49.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:70%
We had to ditch the airplane

35:49.266 --> 35:50.233 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
in the Hudson, and we think

35:50.233 --> 35:51.500 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65%
we got everybody out okay,

35:51.500 --> 35:53.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:30%
I gotta go."

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[LAUGHTER]

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And I hung up.

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[LAUGHTER]

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So then Sully calls his house

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but he's got caller ID.

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And his wife's talking to a

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friend of hers on the phone and

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she says, "Oh," when it beeps,

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she says, "Oh, it's just Sully."

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[LAUGHTER]

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"He'll call back later

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when it's important."

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[LAUGHTER]

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Then he calls our dispatcher.

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We have dispatchers in the

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airline business, to tell them

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where we left their airplane.

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[LAUGHTER]

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And he answers and he says,

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"I don't have time to talk

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to you right now; we have an

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airplane down in the Hudson."

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[LAUGHTER]

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Now all this actually

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only took place maybe just a

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couple hundred yards from shore

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on the Manhattan side.

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And in fact, the ferry terminal

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was only a couple blocks south

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of the actual site of where we

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came to rest.

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So it really didn't take us long

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before we were at the ferry dock

37:08.566 --> 37:14.566 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60%
and filing off the boat.

37:14.566 --> 37:16.633 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:42.5%
The entire flight

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took five and a half minutes,

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two minutes

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until we hit the geese,

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three and a half minutes until

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we landed in the Hudson River.

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Just to tell you the story has

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taken me five times that long.

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>> Cactus 1549,

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700 climbing 5,000.

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>> Cactus 1549,

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contact and maintain 1-5000.

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>> Maintain 1-5000,

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Cactus 1549.

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>> Cactus 1549,

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turn left heading 2-7-0.

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>> Ah, this, uh, Cactus 1549.

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Hit birds, we lost thrust

38:02.233 --> 38:03.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:40%
in both engines.

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We're turning back towards

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LaGuardia.

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>> Okay, yeah, you need to

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return to LaGuardia.

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Turn left heading of 2-2-0.

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>> 2-2-0.

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>> Tower, stop your departures.

38:12.033 --> 38:13.133 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:75%
We got an emergency returning.

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>> Who is it?

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>> It's 1529,

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he ah, bird strike.

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He lost all engines.

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He lost the thrust

38:18.433 --> 38:19.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:37.5%
in the engines.

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He is returning immediately.

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>> Cactus 1529, which engines?

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>> He lost thrust in both

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engines, he said.

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>> Got it.

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>> Cactus 1529, if we can get it

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to you, do you want to try

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to land runway 1-3?

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>> We're unable.

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We may end up in the Hudson.

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>> All right cactus 1549.

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It's going to be a left.

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Traffic to runway 3-1.

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>> Unable.

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>> Okay, what do you need

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to land?

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Do you want to try

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to go to Teterboro?

38:41.300 --> 38:42.266 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:17.5%
>> Yes.

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>> Teterboro, uh, empire

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actually, LaGuardia departure

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got an emergency inbound.

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>> Okay, go ahead.

38:47.600 --> 38:48.733 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:60%
>> Cactus 1529, over the

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George Washington Bridge, wants

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to go your airport right now.

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>> He wants to go to our airport

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check.

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Does he need assistance?

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>> Yes, he, it was a bird

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strike.

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Can I get him in for runway one?

38:56.966 --> 38:58.066 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
>> Runway one, that's good.

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>> Cactus 1529, turn right

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2-8-0, you can land runway one

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at Teterboro.

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>> We can't do it.

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>> Okay, which runway would you

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like at Teterboro?

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>> We're gonna be in the Hudson.

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>> I'm sorry, say again,

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Cactus.

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Cactus 1549, radar contact

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is lost.

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You also got Newark airport

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off your two o'clock

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in about seven miles.

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Eagle flight 4718, turn left

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heading 2-1-0.

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>> 2-1-0, 4718.

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I don't know, I think he said

39:23.500 --> 39:25.300 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
he was going in the Hudson.

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>> Cactus 1529, you still on?

39:35.733 --> 39:36.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:65%
>> We weren't at the ferry

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dock long before the politicians

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arrived.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Mayor Bloomberg and

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Governor Paterson came down to

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hold a press conference on site.

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And of course Sully and I are

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thinking we're the only the ones

39:51.766 --> 39:52.800 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
that really knew what happened,

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how can anybody possible hold

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a press conference about such

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a circumstance?

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But this is where Governor

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Paterson coined the phrase

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"the miracle on the Hudson."

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But the question is,

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was it really a miracle?

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We're going to come back to that

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in a minute.

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But I want to tell you a little

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bit more about what that evening

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entailed for us.

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At the ferry dock, most of the

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passengers were at the same

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location that we were

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on 39th Street.

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And initially they had thought

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that this was a terrorist

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incident.

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So the law enforcement

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had mobilized as if it was

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a terrorist incident.

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There were more police officers

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than there were passengers

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and crew.

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There were Manhattan cops,

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Port Authority cops, DEA, FBI.

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Every acronym you could imagine

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was there, and nobody knew what

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to do because an airplane with

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155 people on it just doesn't

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drop out of the sky every day.

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Most of the passengers were

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walking around with Red Cross

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blankets over their shoulders

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and were wondering

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what the next step was.

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Eight of them actually took that

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in their own hands.

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They walked right through the

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ferry terminal, went out to the

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curb, hailed a cab, went out to

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LaGuardia, and they were on the

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next flight to Charlotte.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Now, we were just milling around

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for about, I don't know,

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an hour and a half or two hours

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there, and I'm thinking

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something's got to give here,

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something's got to break.

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Sully's telling the police

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either arrest us or let us go.

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And then the door opens,

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and in walks another US Airways

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pilot, because he's wearing

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his uniform.

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I didn't know him, but he walks

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over to us.

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It turns out it was one our

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pilot reps, we happened to have

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a LaGuardia base at the time,

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and he put on his uniform and he

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lived in Manhattan and came

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down, found us, and I'm thinking

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thank God there's somebody here

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who will know what to do.

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And he introduces himself, and

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then he moves off no more than

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three feet, gets out his cell

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phone, dials somebody

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and he says, "I got 'em.

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I got 'em. What do I do?"

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[LAUGHTER]

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What he was doing,

42:24.300 --> 42:26.100 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:77.5%
was he was calling our Accident

42:26.100 --> 42:28.766 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5%
Investigation chairman.

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One of the things we have as

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airline pilots is we have

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a large support network.

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We have an accident

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investigation committee that

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actually trains with the

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National Transportation Safety

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Board as accident investigators.

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They work alongside them

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in an air crash.

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We have people that are trained

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in psychological issues to help

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us or to help our families,

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God forbid, get past

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some of the emotional crisis

42:56.033 --> 42:59.966 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:40%
of an air crash.

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We have media people to help

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deal with the media.

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And all of these people are

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just waiting for that call.

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They don't want to ever hear

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that call, but when they do,

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they drop everything they have.

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They get off trips.

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They go to wherever that

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location was.

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Our accident was at 3:30 in the

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afternoon on Thursday,

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January 15th.

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By that evening, 40 to 45

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of my fellow pilots had already

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gotten to New York City

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just to assume their roles

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and to support Sully and I.

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Our accident investigation

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chairman said take them to a

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hospital.

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And the guy said, well, they're

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not hurt, because we weren't.

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We were wet, we were cold,

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but we were unhurt.

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They'd taken Doreen, our flight

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attendant that was injured, off

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to the hospital much earlier.

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And he said, it doesn't matter,

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take them to a hospital.

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It's a standard procedure.

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When you're in the public eye,

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you don't have a door that you

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can close and get behind.

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A hospital emergency room

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is a place of sanctuary.

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Not anybody can go in there.

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It's very restricted who is

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allowed access to a hospital

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emergency room.

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So if you don't have a house

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or something of even better

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shelter, you go to an emergency

44:23.500 --> 44:25.333 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:12.5%
room.

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So we went to the emergency room

44:27.300 --> 44:29.866 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:52.5%
in a large ambulance.

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And when you go there, they've

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got to take your blood pressure,

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check your pulse, your vitals,

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all that, and then a doctor

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comes in and asks if there's

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anything wrong with me.

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And I said, "No."

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"Okay, then I'm going to

44:43.900 --> 44:44.933 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:57.5%
release you," she says.

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I said, "Okay."

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And of course, to release you,

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they've got to check your

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blood pressure, take your pulse,

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check your vitals.

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[LAUGHTER]

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And they released us and then

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the FBI actually drove us

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to a hotel.

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We actually had several hotels

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booked throughout the New York

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area in case the press would

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find out where we were.

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Fortunately they didn't,

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all night long, actually for a

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couple days we were there.

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And we got in the hotel and

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first thing, of course, with any

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kind of transportation accident

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is you have to take a drug test.

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But then the next thing we do is

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we sit down with what we call

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our critical instrument response

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people.

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These are people trained to help

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us with psychological issues.

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And there's Sully and I sitting

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on one bed and these two guys

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sitting on the other bed, and

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one starts to tell us, he says

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you probably don't realize it

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but you're certainly suffering

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from post-traumatic shock and I

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just want to let you know what

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some of the symptoms are.

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You probably won't sleep

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tonight.

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You probably won't sleep

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tomorrow night.

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Maybe on the third night you'll

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go to bed because you're so dead

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tired, but then after an hour

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you'll wake up and the whole

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thing will be going through your

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mind like a freight train.

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And we want you to know that

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this is normal and that it will

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go away, and if it doesn't, you

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need to seek professional help

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to make sure that it's not

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permanently debilitating.

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And then he says, okay,

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go back to your rooms and relax.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Relax?

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We just crashed an airplane.

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You're not supposed to do that.

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My whole career, everything that

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I think of myself and everything

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that I am is going to be up for

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scrutiny in a very public way.

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And we knew that then.

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We absolutely knew that.

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And I get to the room, I turn on

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the TV, it's about the accident.

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I turned it off.

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I don't have anything

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but the clothes on my back,

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and they're still wet.

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And there's nothing to read,

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there's nothing to do.

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I put on my jacket and I just

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went and I walked around the

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LaGuardia area all night long.

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And I came back to the hotel

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about 7:00 AM in the morning to

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find out that everybody was in

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an uproar because they thought

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they'd lost me.

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Somebody had gone to get me in

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my room and I wasn't there.

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We were there from Thursday

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until Saturday morning when we

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had to give our NTSB interview

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they call it, which is eight

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investigators around

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a conference table and you.

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I haven't slept in three days,

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and this went on for three

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hours.

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Asking me questions.

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It was nice.

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It was polite, but still,

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it was three hours.

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And then it was over.

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They bundled me in a cab.

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One of our US Air guys gave me

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$20 for a $40 cab ride to

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LaGuardia.

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[LAUGHTER]

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I didn't carry much cash on me

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when I went on trips,

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so by the time I emptied my

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wallet I actually had to stiff

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the guy a little on the tip

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but I didn't have anything.

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And then I took a United flight.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Home to Chicago and the bus

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up to Madison, Wisconsin,

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where I live.

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There's some other people who

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were involved in the accident.

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Doreen, our flight attendant,

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she was in the hospital, and

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they had to stitch up her leg,

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but fortunately she was

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going to be okay.

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She was in a wheel chair for a

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couple of weeks after that.

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Our air traffic controller,

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Patrick Harten, the voice that

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you heard on that tape, he was

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so confident in his abilities

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to get an airplane back to

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the airport.

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He'd never had a circumstance

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where he didn't get an airplane

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back to the airport.

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And as we went down, he talks

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about how startled he was

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when he lost our signal

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as we went behind a skyscraper.

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And he lost our blip

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on his radar screen.

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And then it came back as we went

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between skyscrapers, and then he

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lost it completely.

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They immediately relieved him

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on his scope.

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And they put him in a room with

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one of the other controllers,

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and he said it was like he was

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on suicide watch.

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He called up his wife, and he

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said something horrible has

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happened.

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I can't even talk about it, but

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something horrible, horrible

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has happened.

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Well, apparently they have TVs

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the air traffic control center.

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I'm kind of suspicious about

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that, but they do.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Anyway, this was almost

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instantly on TV because

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if you're going to do something

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like this, it's just a

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cross-town cab ride from all the

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major media news networks.

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So they were down there on the

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shore with their cameras set up

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in no time.

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And it's already on TV and all

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the controllers are seeing

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everybody's out on the wings and

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everybody's getting rescued and

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everybody's surviving, and this

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goes on for about 45 minutes

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before somebody says, hey,

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did anybody tell Paddy

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that they lived?

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He was still in this room.

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They'd forgotten to tell him.

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But these are the kind of

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the small stories.

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And every person on board that

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airplane has a story and it's

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unique and it's something that

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they will carry with them

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for the rest of time.

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But I mentioned earlier,

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was this a miracle?

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And I'm not really going to

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debate that, but I do want to

50:35.666 --> 50:37.200 align:start position:10% line:84.66% size:67.5%
point out a few things, and

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I peppered them through my

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presentation and I hope you

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caught some of them.

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How Sully and I do flows,

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we do checklists,

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we have standard call-outs,

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we have pre-prepared emergency

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procedures that we instantly

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adopted at just the voicing

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of one or two words.

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How when Sully said, "Brace for

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impact," the flight attendants

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immediately go into a path of

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preparing the cabin for a crash

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landing without having to have

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any more direction.

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When he said, "Evacuate,"

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they instantly opened the doors,

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get out the rafts.

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And, in fact, they didn't even

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know that we had landed on water

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until they opened the door,

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saw the Hudson River, and

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they immediately changed their

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commands to don life vests,

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come this way.

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Our air traffic controller,

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Patrick Harten, one of the

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reason why ended up where we

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were was as soon as we declared

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an emergency he said turn left

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to 200 degrees because that's

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a standard procedure off of

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LaGuardia for emergencies

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off of runway four.

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Our ferry boat crews who trained

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monthly and right there in

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New York City and actually

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every year have to go to safety

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training down in Baltimore where

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they actually use simulators

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for emergencies like this.

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The fire boats that were

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instantly out there to help us.

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The police helicopter

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with the frogman.

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I don't know where he came from.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Who sits around

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in a frogman outfit?

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[LAUGHTER]

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But he was there.

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And the emergency responders and

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the police officers on shore.

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Even the Manhattan medical

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community called in every

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off-duty doctor, nurse, because

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they were preparing for a

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massive emergency in Manhattan.

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And, of course, they got,

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I think, three people: Doreen

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and two of our passengers.

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But this is the kind of

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emergency preparedness system

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that surrounds us every day.

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And we don't really,

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I don't think we really realize

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the impact of this and the

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importance of this in our daily

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lives until we're unfortunate

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enough to need some of these

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services.

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And I think that this

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illustrates what the miracle on

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the Hudson really was.

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Sully and I had a role, but so

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did Donna, Doreen, and Sheila,

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our flight attendants.

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As did our 150 passengers

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who were perfect through this

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incident.

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There was no pushing.

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There was no shoving.

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They helped each other

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every step of the way.

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The boat crews that instantly

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came to our aid

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and all of the first responders

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both out on the water

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and at the ferry dock.

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That is what

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made this incident successful.

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So maybe it was a miracle.

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I don't know.

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Because so many people had to do

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their jobs flawlessly

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to reach this outcome.

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That's my story of the miracle

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on the Hudson today.

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Thank you for allowing me

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to share it with you.

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[APPLAUSE]