For the first couple of days after his flight ditched into the Hudson River, Paul Jorgenson was just glad to be alive. But then he started to need his...
New York Times | Andrew Adam Newman | Posted 06.04.2009 | Media
Capt. Chesley B. Sullenberger III's fatality-free ditching, after six minutes aloft, of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River in January is resul...
AP | MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN | Posted 05.25.2009 | Home
WASHINGTON — Airplane collisions with birds or other animals have destroyed 28 aircraft since 2000, with New York's Kennedy airport and Sacramen...
Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 03.19.2009 | Living
The reality of plane crashes came, well, crashing home and suddenly Sully and his crew from the Miracle on the Hudson seemed even more...lucky, skilled, lucky, miraculous.
Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 03.07.2009 | Comedy
When a US Airways jetliner crashed into the Hudson River last month, everyone survived. More than 150 passengers and crew members got into boats befor...
Huffington Post | Posted 03.06.2009 | Entertainment
Steve Martin sat down with David Letterman Monday and confided that he had been on the US Airways flight last month that made the heroic landing in th...
Mallika Chopra | Posted 02.28.2009 | Living
Whether it is an illness, foreclosure, or a messy divorce, there are many difficult life challenges that all of us and our loved ones will one day have to face.
Ari Herzog | Posted 02.25.2009 | Media
Twitter is a subset of new media. Your evening news and morning papers aren't quite there, lacking internet technologies, commenting, and synchronous interactivity.
Huffington Post | Posted 02.22.2009 | Home
Following on the Coast Guard's release last weekend of video footage capturing the crash of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River, CBS News has n...
Barbara Gordon | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics
In Bush's farewell address, there was no mention of the heroic efforts of the Hudson River plane crash, and yet speech after speech, he has extolled the exceptional resilience of the American spirit.
Dan Solin | Posted 02.20.2009 | Business
Judge Ellis reached the right result, albeit a very unpopular one, by not revoking Bernie Madoff's bail.
Beau Friedlander | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics
A hearty congratulations to America. After a dark stretch of wandering into the dark heart of GOP error, we have a leader worthy of our highest post. Now for the hard part.
Terry Leach | Posted 02.20.2009 | Business
I wonder if Captain "Sully" Sullenberger's colleagues' pensions are secure. Somehow, I doubt it. Although airlines were the companies we used to loved to hate, airline employees are part of the family, too.
Beth Lapides | Posted 02.19.2009 | Living
This inauguration has found its good omen. A omen that we are entering an age when the engines might be cut off. But in which we can land anyway, and not just land, but actually get each other safely to the shore.
Andy Ostroy | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics
The saga of Flight 1549 is one crisis-plagued year ending an era of unprecedented corruption with Bush and Madoff leading the way, while a new year begins with hope ushered in by Sully and Obama.
Michelle Renee | Posted 02.19.2009 | Living
People naturally adopt survival skills that protect the psyche during and immediately following the trauma. Choosing to take positive action on your own behalf and choosing positive recovery is key.
Danny Groner | Posted 02.19.2009 | Media
The photographs taken at the site of the Hudson crash may be the best proof yet that citizen journalism is not only essential, but is here to stay.
Spencer Green | Posted 02.19.2009 | Media
Feb. 7, 2009 - Tina Fey does riotous Chesley Sullenberger impression on "Saturday Night Live," ordering Duck a l'Orange in restaurant, then stabbing it with fork
Mary Lyon | Posted 02.17.2009 | Politics
Your stubborn and arrogant pursuit of some grand new American empire has gained us not the admiration of the world but more enemies aflame with hatred and mistrust of us than we ever imagined.
Lynda Resnick | Posted 02.17.2009 | Politics
Times are tough. Our economy has taken a triple bird strike and we've lost all engines and a wing. We are engaged in two wars, our unemployment rate is ratcheting up... but we can land this plane.
Huffington Post | Posted 02.17.2009 | Home
The United States Coast Guard has released absolutely stunning video footage captured by surveillance cameras of the crash of US Airways Flight 1549 i...
AP | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama is joining those heaping praise on the pilot of US Airways Flight 1549, the craft that landed in New Y...
Dan Brown | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics
It's been a dark eight years, and I'm ready for some hope. Today, Capt. Chesley B. Sullenberger and Barack Obama are the delivery men.
John Marshall | Posted 02.16.2009 | Business
We geese have taken about all the crap we're going to take. To avoid problems in the future, we suggest better communication between the FAA and the Department of Fish and Wildlife.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.16.2009 | Media
As news broke yesterday of U.S. Airways Flight 1549 making a water landing in the Hudson River in New York City, my mind immediately flashed back to a...
nytimes.com | MARY WILLIAMS WALSH | Posted 07.13.2009 | Business