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story . i m anderson cooper. last week at tokyo s haneda airport, a jal airbus collided with a smaller aircraft. five crew members on the coast guard plane died. but amazingly, all 379 people on the airbus survived. they were safely evacuated before the plane was engulfed in flames. investigation into what happened is still under way. it got us thinking about that miraculous story of survival that happened 15 years ago this month. us airways flight 1549 took off from new york s laguardia airport heading to charlotte, north carolina. there were 150 passengers onboard and 5 crew members, including the pilot, captain chesley sully sullenberger. it should have been a quick two-hour flight. but soon after takeoff the plane collided with a flock of geese. both engines went out and the plane headed down. captain sullenberger acted quickly, heading towards the hudson river for an emergency landing. his decisiveness saved the lives of all 159 people onboard. but this potential ....
I went thrhrough the a airplane looking down every row of seats. our a flight attendant got pretty impatient with me as our airplane was taking on water, and said when i was at the back the second time shouted at me we need to o get off ththis ait right nonow. and d i said i i m coming, , took o one more look when i wald back up. joining us for another special hour, the captain and crew of us airways flight 1549. i don t think there is anybody in the world who doesn t know who sully is. thihis guy sulllly, he s a a my fafamily and i i know thi event was two parts, the trauma of that flight itself. captain cool himself. sully sullenberger. known as sully. sully himself. and then the stress of this intense worldwide attention and media coverage in the aftermath. thank you very much. what a wonderful welcome. thank you. ....