155 humans. One airplane. One river. Multiple heroes.

Every year millions of people around the world die, from either depression, heart failure, disease, car crash, or contamination from chemical substances.These are the reasons for most people’s death.  But what would you say if I told you that 155 people on a plane had to “land” in water. And every single soul survived. Urgent water landings never go the way expected. And yet this one did. An absolute miracle. That’s what it is.

In 2009 a US Airways Flight 1549 had to make an emergency water landing in the Hudson River due to the two engines shutting down after striking a flock of Canada birds three minutes after take off from LaGaurdia Airport in New York city on January 15, 2009. Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberg and Jeffrey Skiles had to glide the plane into the Hudson River in midtown Manhattan. There were 155 people on board( 5 people were the crew). And very few people were injured. But every single person survived. Every single one. Captain Sullenberg, escorted everyone out before getting off himself. Everyone was taken back to land from nearby boats safely. Only 5 were seriously injured, including one of the flight attendants. This was considered “the most successful ditching in aviation history.” Later the pilots and flight attendants received the Masters Medal of Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators.

Recently I saw the movie “Sully,” a drama/biography. Based on what the Captain’s aftermath experiences were. And filmed just how they were able to achieve that incredible feat. Captain Chesley Sullenberg is portrayed by Tom Hanks in this incredible and thrilling movie showing the experiences of Captain Sullenberg himself who considers himself as ” just a regular man.” Well captain, for the first time you are very wrong. You are extraordinary. The movie was filmed in a way where they presented what happened in a series of flashbacks, mixed along with what happens afterwards. Clint Eastwood films perfectly each scene, capturing exactly what happened. This event is still considered a miracle.