We would like to thank and recognize Captain C.B. Sullenberger for his remarkable skill and nerves of steel when he averted disaster yesterday by landing a US Airways plane safely and without incident saving the lives of 155 people including five crew members and one infant.  The plane was struck by a flock of geese.  It’s amazing that birds can bring down a passenger jet.  It is being reported that the birds caused both engines to fail.  Captain Sullenberger, after telling passengers to brace for impact, landed the plane seamlessly on the Hudson River.  Thanks to many bystanders and fairies, passengers were able to disembark the plane within minutes of landing on the Hudson.

Captain Chesley Sullenberger III is 57 years old and has been with US Airways for 29 years.  Friends and family just call him “Sully.”  Captain Sully is an Air Force Academy graduate and has served as safety chairman for the Airline Pilots Association and runs a safety consulting firm. He was a fighter pilot and has being doing co-pilot flying since the age of 15.  He is also glider certified which is probably what enabled him to land the plane when both engines were gone.  Captain Sully, definitely a modern day hero.