Boy, do we need more like him!
US Airways' Capt. Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger III is hailed by cheering Danville residents for his quick thinking and heroism in landing crippled jet on the Hudson River, saving 155 lives.
By Maura Dolan
January 25, 2009
Reporting from Danville, Calif. -- The US Airways pilot who deftly landed a disabled passenger jet in New York's Hudson River, saving 155 lives, told a cheering crowd of thousands Saturday that he simply did his job.
Danville, a well-to-do suburb east of San Francisco, welcomed back Capt. Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III and hailed him as its "hometown hero" in an outdoor ceremony replete with brass and marching bands, bagpipes, plaques and proclamations, and a slew of speeches by local officials. A retired fighter pilot in a P-51 Mustang even buzzed the event.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pilot25-2009jan25,0,1469278.story
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