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EraOfResponsibility Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 10:41 PM
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Sully's going to the Inauguration!
Pilot Who Landed Plane on Hudson Will Be at Inauguration
The mayor of Danville, Calif., says town resident US Airways pilot Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger and his family are going to the presidential inauguration, the Associated Press Reports.
Mayor Newell Arnerich said the town is also planning a welcome home for the pilot who landed his crippled aircraft safely in the Hudson River last Thursday.

Arnerich says Lorraine Sullenberger told city officials that the family would leave for the East Coast on Sunday. She and the couple's daughters haven't seen Sullenberger since he's been hailed as a hero for saving the lives of all 155 on board.

Danville has scheduled a celebration Saturday for Sullenberger. Arnerich says the event is tentative because he is not sure when the pilot will return home.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/inauguration-watch/2009/01/pilot_who_landed_plane_on_huds.html
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 10:43 PM
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1. And he's gonna sleep all day Wednesday.
I know that man must be POOPED!
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 10:44 PM
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4. Has been on the Letterman show yet?
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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 11:01 PM
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9. Matt Lauer gets him first - Today show on Monday
According to TVNewser.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 10:43 PM
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2. Excellent!
Wish it had been the Navy that taught him to fly instead of the Chair Force...
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crispini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 10:43 PM
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3. That's pretty cool.
I do enjoy good news like this story when it happens.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 10:46 PM
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5. Good! Because I think the miracle
Edited on Sun Jan-18-09 10:47 PM by zidzi
of what he had a hand in is the perfect metaphor for getting Obama and turning our Planet around.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 10:47 PM
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6. I knew this would happen. How could such a hero not be at the inarguration.
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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 10:53 PM
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7. Excellent news.
He deserves it. I hope he has a good time.
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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 11:00 PM
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8. Hope his daughters get to meet Sasha and Malia - they have something in common
besides cool-headed dads.

While meeting the new President would be thrilling, Lorrie Sullenberger said her two teen daughters had different motives for an inaugural trip. "Our daughters would love to go see the Jonas Brothers," she said.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/01/18/2009-01-18_sullys_next_flight_could_be_to_the_inaug-1.html
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snowbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 05:22 AM
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10. What awesome news !!
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Thanks for sharing that!

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