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George II

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28. I was on my way home from work when I heard the report on WCBS radio. I thought for sure....
Sat Jan 16, 2021, 12:32 AM
Jan 2021

....that when I got home I'd be getting reports of a disaster. Thankfully that didn't happen.

I knew exactly what the initial flight route was - I'd flown out of LaGuardia from that runway probably hundreds of times over the years. It was truly a miracle.

K; R CatWoman Jan 2021 #1
I don't at all remember its being so close to the inauguration!!! Karadeniz Jan 2021 #2
What's more, it was often described as a fitting metaphor for the disastrous last days of Dubya sandensea Jan 2021 #25
If they happened today: unblock Jan 2021 #3
Trump would say, "Nobody knows about landing planes on rivers better than me." NNadir Jan 2021 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2021 #29
Or, maybe...... MyOwnPeace Jan 2021 #7
Crisis actors! There was no plane! Dukkha Jan 2021 #26
Significant Kitchari Jan 2021 #4
President Elect Barack Obama invited him and the rest of the crew to the Inauguration MustLoveBeagles Jan 2021 #6
A class act with good staff around him underpants Jan 2021 #8
And Clint Eastwood then directed a film thucythucy Jan 2021 #9
Sully gave a withering speech to Congress about his pension underpants Jan 2021 #10
I didn't know that. I do recall the airlines trying to get out of their pension obligations thucythucy Jan 2021 #17
I saw the film. I thought that was a stupid angle to take. underpants Jan 2021 #19
Are you talking about the movie called Sully or something other that? ecstatic Jan 2021 #15
Yes. thucythucy Jan 2021 #20
We were on a plane two behind that flight at LaGuardia that day Danmel Jan 2021 #11
Wow. How about that. underpants Jan 2021 #13
My daughter just turned 30! Danmel Jan 2021 #16
Yeah I was figuring that. underpants Jan 2021 #21
Amazing! I still need to watch that movie. Nt ecstatic Jan 2021 #12
Kick dalton99a Jan 2021 #14
12 yrs!? Wow, I guess so, then. Yay, Cptn Sully! electric_blue68 Jan 2021 #18
such a wonderful man demtenjeep Jan 2021 #22
Every time I see that photo, I cry with relief for everyone on that plane and 42bambi Jan 2021 #23
Not a funny incident, but I always laugh. Cracklin Charlie Jan 2021 #24
God bless Sully. Joinfortmill Jan 2021 #27
I was on my way home from work when I heard the report on WCBS radio. I thought for sure.... George II Jan 2021 #28
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2021 #30
I remember checking a map for where it came down and thinking... JHB Jan 2021 #31
Steve Mnuchin (yes, that one) Danmel Jan 2021 #32
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