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AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER 1:
Cactus 1549.

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Runway four. Cleared for takeoff.

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SULLY: Cactus 1549. Cleared for takeoff.

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(AIRPLANE ENGINE REVVING)

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(ENGINES SHUTTING DOWN LOUDLY)

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(METAL CREAKING)

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- Mayday, mayday. Cactus 1549.
- (ALARMS BEEPING)

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We've lost both engines. Both engines.

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(LOUD RUMBLING)

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No relight on one or two.

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PATRICK: Cactus 1549,
if we can get it for you,

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do you wanna try to land runway 1-3?

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Departure control, we can make it.

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We're turning back towards LaGuardia.

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(ENGINE RUMBLING)

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a Card Shark AMERICASCARDROOM.COM

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SULLY: LaGuardia Tower, Cactus 1549,
trying to make 1-3.

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SKILES: Sully, we're too low.

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Sully, we're too low!

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Come on.

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(PASSENGERS SCREAMING)

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(SOFTLY) Just a little farther.

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Come on.

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(ALARMS CONTINUE BEEPING)

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Sully!

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Lorrie, I love you.

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(PANTING)

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(SEAGULLS SCREECHING)

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(GRUNTS)

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(BRAKES SCREECHING)

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MAN: What the hell's the matter with you?

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(WATER RUNNING)

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(BREATHING HEAVILY)

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MALE NEWSCASTER:
The onboard count, 150 passengers,

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three flight attendants
and two pilots, one of whom,

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the senior pilot, drew on
all of his experience and skill,

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which combined with
near-miraculous good luck

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and a result that was,
frankly, astounding.

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There were some non-critical injuries,

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but everyone, everyone, survived.

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The first pictures
of US Airways Flight 1549 reveal...

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DIANE: You think that you're gonna die.
That's what you think.

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And then, miraculously, you don't.

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Thank you, Captain.

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(VOICE BREAKING) Thank you, thank you.

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(IN DISTINCT CHATTER)

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CHARLES: Okay, thank you,
everybody, thank you.

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Thank you, Captain Sullenberger,
for being here today.

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We also wanna welcome
First Officer Skiles.

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I'm glad you could make it in
this morning.

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(SCOFFS) Not as glad as we are.

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(CHUCKLES)

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For the record,
we had an Aircraft Systems Team

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on this investigation.

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Also Aircraft Structures, MRT,

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Aircraft Performance, ATC,

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Wildlife Factors, Survival Factors
and Emergency Response.

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Today, we begin with our operation
and human performance investigation

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on the crash of US Airways Flight 1549.

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- Water landing.
- Captain?

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This was not a crash
and it wasn't a ditching.

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We knew what we were
trying to execute here.

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It was not a...

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It was not a crash.
It was a forced water landing.

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Why didn't you attempt
to return to LaGuardia?

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There simply was not enough altitude.

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The Hudson was the only place
that was long enough and smooth enough

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and wide enough to even attempt
to land the airplane safely.

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BEN: Air Traffic testified

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that you stated
you were returning to LaGuardia,

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but you did not.

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As I began the left turn,

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I realized I couldn't make it back

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and it would have eliminated
all the other options.

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Returning to LaGuardia
would have been a mistake.

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Okay, well, let's get into how you
calculated all those parameters.

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There was no time for calculating.

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I had to rely on my experience
of managing the altitude and speed

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of thousands of flights over four decades.

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You're saying you didn't do any...

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I eyeballed it.

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You eyeballed it?

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Yes.

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The best chance those passengers had
was on that river.

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And I'd bet my life on it.

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In fact, I did.

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And I would do it again.

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Aviation engineers are theorizing

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you had enough energy
to make it back to a runway.

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Well, engineers are not pilots.

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They're wrong.

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And they weren't there.

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Regardless, we have to follow up
on all implications

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as part of our investigation.

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Our computers will run
return scenario algorithms.

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It'll generate simulations
with your exact parameters.

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The dual engine loss, the altitude.

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Everything you faced
when you made your decision.

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I would like to oversee
those computer simulations.

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BEN: Not possible during an investigation.

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You stated that it was
a dual engine failure

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due to multiple bird strikes?

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That would be unprecedented.

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Well, everything is unprecedented
until it happens for the first time.

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How much sleep did you get
the night before?

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Eight hours. Enough.

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Is it possible your blood sugar was low?

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I was rested, alert
and completely aware of my surroundings.

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When was your last drink,
Captain Sullenberger?

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Nine days ago.

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Drugs?

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No. Never.

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First Officer Skiles?

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Uh, don't drink. Never have.

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Captain, have you had
any troubles at home lately?

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No more than anyone else.

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And nothing that affected my work.

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It's bullshit.

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Why are they looking for something
we did wrong when it all turned out right?

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It didn't turn out all right
for the airline

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and their insurance company.

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We should expect some blowback.

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Come on, Mike. What are they gonna say?
That he shouldn't have saved everybody?

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It's not personal.
NTSB's just doing its job.

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Once they have all the facts,
it'll calm down.

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SKILES: Sully,

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they should pin on the medal
and send you back to work.

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FEMALE RECORDING:
Sorry. This mailbox is full.

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I didn't call Lorrie since this morning.
Apparently everyone else did.

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Not meaning to bother, but I have to say,

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it is an honor driving you today.

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Thank you.

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What has it been this year so far?

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Bernie Madoff, two wars without end.
Many million new people with no work.

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And that's just the first
two weeks of January.

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Friday's headline? This is beautiful.

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(LAUGHS)

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Hey, Mike. How about we add
the driver as a character witness?

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(SCOFFS)

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(CARS HONKING)

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(DIALING)

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(PHONE RINGING)

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Finally!

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Yeah, finally.

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The NTSB had us tied up all day.

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I know.

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I just needed to hear your voice.

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I've been hearing everybody else's.

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You'd be amazed how many cousins you have.

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It doesn't feel much like family here.

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(REPORTERS CLAMORING)

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Pretty quiet here, too.

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The reporters want me to give an update
inside the mind of Sully.

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What should I tell them?

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Lorrie, tell them you're not
allowed to talk to anybody.

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- Look, I can't hear you.
- Lorrie, I...

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- I can't hear you. Call me back.
- I'm trying to tell you

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you do not have to talk to anybody.

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I can't hear you. Call me back.

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SULLY: Lorrie, I'm trying to tell...

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- (DIAL TONE)
- (CLAMORING CONTINUES)

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MALE REPORTER 1: Hey, Captain Sully!

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- Captain Sully!
- FEMALE REPORTER 1: Sully!

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How does it feel to be a miracle maker?

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Sully, one question!

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- How did you pull off the impossible?
- MALE REPORTER 2: Sully!

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Captain Sully! Sully!

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Pardon me.

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FEMALE REPORTER 2: Captain Sully!

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(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)

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LORRIE: I'm thinking about
running over the press with the car.

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Self-defense.
You think a jury would convict?

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SULLY: Just do what you have to do.

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You know, I'm taking that as permission.
The cops'll be coming after you.

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MAN: Sullenberger couldn't be here.

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He is not able to speak to the media

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while the NTSB
is conducting its investigation.

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Sully, are you listening to me?

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Maybe we should talk later.

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Honey, it is later.
I've been waiting all day.

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Are you okay?

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Yeah, just tired, that's all.

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How are the girls?

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Well, they're...

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(SIGHS)

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They're a little overwhelmed.
It sounds like you are, too.

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Yeah...

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Yeah, well, they'll be all right.

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It is a lot.

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Yes, it is.

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FEMALE NEWSCASTER: Those missing engines

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were definitely not
what investigators wanted...

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The whole world is talking about you.

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My Sully.

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(STAMMERS) God, I just can't believe this.

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SULLY: Lorrie, I have to stay here longer

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for the NTSB investigation.

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Did I tell you that already?
I apologize if I didn't tell you.

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There is no need for you to apologize.
You are right where you need to be.

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I want you to know,
I did the best I could.

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Of course you did. You saved everyone.

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Uh, maybe we should
just talk in the morning. I'm tired.

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I'm overwhelmed by all this attention.

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(SIGHS)

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I'm gonna be on TV in the morning.

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What are they gonna ask me?
What am I gonna say?

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Sully, do you want me to come be with you?

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No, Lorrie.

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Thanks, but the girls need you.

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Tell them I love them.

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I love you. Get some sleep.

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Yeah.

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Hey, maybe when I wake up,
it'll be January 14th.

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Wouldn't that be good?

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I love you.

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Why Captain Sullenberger
made that fateful decision

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to turn the Hudson into a runway?

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Well, only he can answer.

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But we now know it was the wrong choice.

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A choice that endangered the lives
of all of those onboard.

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So, while much of the country
hails him as a hero,

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this new information will certainly
change everyone's understanding

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of the so-called "Miracle on the Hudson."

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Sully Sullenberger,
are you a hero or a fraud?

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(PHONE RINGING)

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- Hello?
- SULLY: Jeff?

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I'm sorry to call so late.

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It's okay.
There's no sleep in this room either.

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Can you believe they charge
$5 for a Snickers?

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I could bankrupt the airline
in about four bites.

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Just thought
maybe you would want to, uh...

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Talk?

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Absolutely.

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Let's get some air.

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Great.

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All right. Be down there in five minutes.

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You enjoying the shakes?

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The nightmares, rapid heartbeat.

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A little bit.

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Union's offering us counseling.

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(SCOFFS) Yeah. What are they gonna say?

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"You were in a plane crash and lived.

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"It may have a minor impact
on your day-to-day."

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I don't like not being
in control of the process.

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- I want my self back.
- Yeah.

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I'm hoping six months from now,
we'll just be laughing

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about how we got to meet David Letterman.

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We're doing David Letterman?

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Yeah. Right after the next NTSB interview.

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Letterman.

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SKILES: I'm guessing Dave
is gonna be slightly funnier.

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SULLY: This is so surreal.

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I guess I'm having a little trouble

254
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separating reality
from whatever the hell this is.

255
00:13:19.880 --> 00:13:21.029
Yeah.

256
00:13:21.200 --> 00:13:23.395
This is two men freezing their asses off.

257
00:13:25.960 --> 00:13:27.075
Sully.

258
00:13:28.600 --> 00:13:30.556
Don't worry. You did a great thing.

259
00:13:30.720 --> 00:13:32.870
It's gonna be remembered
for a very long time.

260
00:13:33.080 --> 00:13:34.752
Here's the funny thing.

261
00:13:34.920 --> 00:13:38.230
I've delivered a million passengers
over 40 years in the air,

262
00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:43.079
but in the end,
I'm gonna be judged on 208 seconds.

263
00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:48.196
Come on. Tomorrow's gonna be a good day.

264
00:13:48.760 --> 00:13:52.150
Computer sims will prove you were right.
We can all put our wings back on.

265
00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:53.673
You wanna run?

266
00:13:53.840 --> 00:13:55.068
Yeah, let's run.

267
00:13:55.480 --> 00:13:56.708
(BOTH EXHALING LOUDLY)

268
00:13:59.080 --> 00:14:00.638
SKILES: Fucking cold out here.

269
00:14:01.400 --> 00:14:02.753
It was obvious.

270
00:14:02.920 --> 00:14:04.319
It was a critical situation,

271
00:14:04.920 --> 00:14:08.913
losing thrust in both engines
at a low altitude

272
00:14:09.280 --> 00:14:13.273
over one of the most densely
populated areas of the planet.

273
00:14:13.760 --> 00:14:18.595
But choosing to land on the Hudson,
that was still a big "if."

274
00:14:19.520 --> 00:14:21.351
I was sure I could do it.

275
00:14:21.760 --> 00:14:22.954
You were?

276
00:14:23.320 --> 00:14:24.514
Yes.

277
00:14:25.200 --> 00:14:28.192
How do you feel
when people call you a hero?

278
00:14:29.160 --> 00:14:31.435
I don't feel like a hero.

279
00:14:31.640 --> 00:14:34.950
I'm just a man who was doing his job.

280
00:14:35.280 --> 00:14:37.874
The right man for the job
at the right time.

281
00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:42.790
You've been flying for what,
nearly 40 years?

282
00:14:43.440 --> 00:14:46.000
Forty-two. It's been my life.

283
00:14:46.960 --> 00:14:48.757
My whole life.

284
00:14:51.640 --> 00:14:53.312
(ENGINE ROARING)

285
00:14:58.480 --> 00:14:59.993
Your aircraft.

286
00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:02.513
My aircraft.

287
00:15:15.040 --> 00:15:18.510
I'll be busy crop dusting
in the Super Cub rest of the summer.

288
00:15:18.680 --> 00:15:21.319
So, you can take the plane up, I guess,
when you please.

289
00:15:21.520 --> 00:15:23.640
Still six bucks an hour.
I'll consider it lesson time.

290
00:15:24.760 --> 00:15:27.274
A pilot never stops acquiring knowledge.

291
00:15:27.760 --> 00:15:30.354
You'll make mistakes, everyone does.
Just learn from them.

292
00:15:30.520 --> 00:15:31.839
Yes, sir.

293
00:15:32.360 --> 00:15:34.828
And never forget,
no matter what's happening,

294
00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:36.513
to fly the airplane.

295
00:15:36.680 --> 00:15:37.795
Absolutely, sir.

296
00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:42.277
Oh, one other thing,
and this is important.

297
00:15:42.440 --> 00:15:44.749
- Sir?
- You can go ahead and smile.

298
00:15:45.120 --> 00:15:46.120
(CHUCKLES)

299
00:15:46.280 --> 00:15:47.395
All right.

300
00:15:55.800 --> 00:15:58.360
- I apologize for the perspiration.
- Oh, no.

301
00:15:58.640 --> 00:15:59.640
After what you did,

302
00:15:59.880 --> 00:16:01.840
I'd think that Katie
couldn't be too intimidating.

303
00:16:01.880 --> 00:16:03.074
Oh, it wasn't Katie.

304
00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:06.198
It was the lights and the camera
that she brought with her.

305
00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:08.153
Okay. All done.

306
00:16:10.200 --> 00:16:12.430
That was from my mom. (CHUCKLES)

307
00:16:12.640 --> 00:16:13.709
Her name is Brenda,

308
00:16:13.880 --> 00:16:16.633
she says to say "thank you"
and that she's single.

309
00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:20.231
Well, you tell Brenda thank you,
but I've got a girl at home.

310
00:16:20.400 --> 00:16:23.437
- Lucky woman. (CHUCKLES)
- Thank you.

311
00:16:33.560 --> 00:16:35.073
(AIRPLANE ENGINES RUMBLING)

312
00:16:59.280 --> 00:17:00.679
CLEARY: Sully.

313
00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:02.910
Sully. Sully!

314
00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:06.632
Sully, where are you?

315
00:17:07.280 --> 00:17:09.191
I'm standing here calling your name.

316
00:17:10.360 --> 00:17:11.873
What's up with you?

317
00:17:15.320 --> 00:17:17.038
You need to get focused.

318
00:17:17.640 --> 00:17:20.279
Because the media request
avalanche continues.

319
00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:21.668
Yeah. Yeah.

320
00:17:23.760 --> 00:17:25.160
Larry Rooney volunteered to jump in

321
00:17:25.280 --> 00:17:27.316
and ride shotgun with you
the rest of the way.

322
00:17:28.000 --> 00:17:29.638
Thought you might need a friend.

323
00:17:29.800 --> 00:17:31.950
He'll take you to today's NTSB meeting.

324
00:17:32.680 --> 00:17:35.319
Airbus completed their
computer simulations as well.

325
00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:37.391
Good. Good, that'll help.

326
00:17:37.560 --> 00:17:40.597
There's something else.
Arnie Gentile called.

327
00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:42.639
He has the ACARS data.

328
00:17:42.800 --> 00:17:45.155
The left engine
was still operating at idle.

329
00:17:45.480 --> 00:17:48.313
Not possible. I felt it go.

330
00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:50.232
It was like we were stopped in midair.

331
00:17:50.400 --> 00:17:52.914
Arnie said there was a chance
it was sub-idle,

332
00:17:53.080 --> 00:17:54.877
that it still could've had thrust.

333
00:17:55.640 --> 00:17:58.837
I'm just letting you know
since the NTSB already does.

334
00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:01.240
Hmm.

335
00:18:07.280 --> 00:18:08.793
(REPORTERS CLAMORING)

336
00:18:09.280 --> 00:18:10.793
Is retirement next?

337
00:18:12.360 --> 00:18:13.759
What's next for you? What's next?

338
00:18:14.360 --> 00:18:15.509
OFFICER: Some room, please.

339
00:18:15.800 --> 00:18:17.199
LARRY ROONEY: Sully! Over here!

340
00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:20.915
Hey, Larry. Good to see a friendly face.

341
00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:24.311
Might be the last one you see today.

342
00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:29.616
SKILES: You've got to be kidding me.
We've been through all this before.

343
00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:31.096
CHARLES: Look,
I'm sorry if you're frustrated,

344
00:18:31.120 --> 00:18:34.157
but our job is to investigate
how a plane ended up in the Hudson River.

345
00:18:34.320 --> 00:18:35.992
- On the Hudson River.
- (SLURPS)

346
00:18:40.200 --> 00:18:42.839
Isn't it a little early in the year
to go fishing?

347
00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:45.514
Seeking the facts
is hardly "fishing," Mr. Skiles.

348
00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:47.256
SKILES: Okay,
then here's the most important fact.

349
00:18:47.280 --> 00:18:49.776
There's only two people who know
what happened in the cockpit that day

350
00:18:49.800 --> 00:18:50.800
and I'm one of them.

351
00:18:50.960 --> 00:18:52.360
And we appreciate your perspective.

352
00:18:53.280 --> 00:18:55.316
Why do you even think we're here today?

353
00:18:56.440 --> 00:18:59.989
It's because Captain Sullenberger
did not head back to LaGuardia.

354
00:19:02.040 --> 00:19:04.713
Look, I just finished training on the A320
and I can tell you,

355
00:19:04.880 --> 00:19:06.856
the only reason the plane operated
as well as it did,

356
00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:08.438
that the aircraft could land anywhere,

357
00:19:08.720 --> 00:19:11.360
is because Captain Sullenberger
turned on the Auxiliary Power Unit.

358
00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:13.516
He was simply following the QRH.

359
00:19:13.680 --> 00:19:15.159
No. No, he wasn't.

360
00:19:15.320 --> 00:19:17.117
He wasn't following
proper procedure at all.

361
00:19:17.280 --> 00:19:19.475
And I know, because
I had the QRH in my hands.

362
00:19:20.120 --> 00:19:22.554
He switched on the APU immediately
after engine rollback.

363
00:19:23.400 --> 00:19:26.551
According to Airbus,
that's the 15th thing on the list to do.

364
00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:28.039
Fifteenth.

365
00:19:28.320 --> 00:19:30.880
If he had followed the damn rules,
we'd all be dead.

366
00:19:33.040 --> 00:19:34.792
Maybe that's the part you don't like.

367
00:19:34.960 --> 00:19:36.996
You're not used to having
answers to your guesses.

368
00:19:38.120 --> 00:19:39.838
Look, what Jeff is saying

369
00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:44.152
is that I know the A320,
what it does and what it doesn't do.

370
00:19:44.320 --> 00:19:48.074
I have read countless CVR transcripts
of deceased pilots

371
00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:50.800
and I have significant
accident investigation experience.

372
00:19:51.320 --> 00:19:53.231
CHARLES: There is no question

373
00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:57.632
that you are a talented, dedicated,
experienced professional.

374
00:19:57.840 --> 00:20:00.354
But all the flights you piloted
before January 15th

375
00:20:00.520 --> 00:20:03.876
and every crash you investigated
are not the purview of this investigation.

376
00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:07.034
Only US Airways 1549 matters today.

377
00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:09.598
Your union has been advised.

378
00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:13.273
ACARS data relayed that the left engine

379
00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:15.311
continued to turn throughout the flight.

380
00:20:15.520 --> 00:20:17.078
Then the ACARS data is wrong.

381
00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:18.912
The evidence shows that the left engine

382
00:20:19.080 --> 00:20:22.356
was at idle or sub-idle
immediately following the bird strike.

383
00:20:22.520 --> 00:20:25.876
You show me the left engine,
I'll show you dead birds and no power.

384
00:20:26.040 --> 00:20:30.272
The left engine was lost in the crash
due to excessive damage on touchdown.

385
00:20:30.440 --> 00:20:32.635
But we can circle back to that later.

386
00:20:32.800 --> 00:20:35.678
Let's just assume that it was,
as you say,

387
00:20:35.880 --> 00:20:38.348
- a dual engine loss due to bird strike.
- (SCOFFS)

388
00:20:38.520 --> 00:20:41.478
CHARLES: Your weight was 151,510 pounds,

389
00:20:42.080 --> 00:20:44.674
wind and temperature
north, northwest, 21°.

390
00:20:44.840 --> 00:20:48.071
Speed and altitude
200 knots at 2,818 feet.

391
00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:50.279
- Agree?
- Correct.

392
00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:52.656
BEN: We were able to run
all the algorithms concurrently.

393
00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:57.117
And the resulting computer simulations
of US Airways Flight 1549

394
00:20:57.280 --> 00:21:00.078
show that the aviation engineers
were correct.

395
00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:03.439
There was enough altitude and speed
after the bird strike

396
00:21:03.600 --> 00:21:05.955
for a successful return to LaGuardia.

397
00:21:06.840 --> 00:21:07.875
Successful?

398
00:21:08.040 --> 00:21:10.395
The plane landed at LaGuardia.

399
00:21:10.840 --> 00:21:11.875
Intact.

400
00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:13.948
Undamaged.

401
00:21:14.120 --> 00:21:16.156
You got that from one computer simulation?

402
00:21:16.320 --> 00:21:17.355
BEN: No.

403
00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:18.680
From 20.

404
00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:22.190
Including attempts made for
Teterboro runways 1-9

405
00:21:22.360 --> 00:21:25.670
and LaGuardia runways 2-2 and 1-3.

406
00:21:25.840 --> 00:21:29.515
Every computer simulation
with the exact flight parameters

407
00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:33.110
demonstrated that a return
to LaGuardia was possible.

408
00:21:33.280 --> 00:21:34.872
And not just possible, probable.

409
00:21:39.560 --> 00:21:42.028
Does anyone need to hear
further computer evidence?

410
00:21:44.640 --> 00:21:46.358
Captain Sullenberger?

411
00:21:47.560 --> 00:21:48.788
First Officer Skiles?

412
00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:50.752
Not at this time.

413
00:21:51.680 --> 00:21:55.753
I would like to go over
the parameters that were used.

414
00:21:56.680 --> 00:21:58.398
We will make them available to the union.

415
00:21:58.560 --> 00:21:59.560
LARRY ROONEY: Thank you.

416
00:21:59.720 --> 00:22:01.517
Once the investigation is complete,

417
00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:04.433
we'll be able to share
the actual computer simulations.

418
00:22:04.600 --> 00:22:06.431
For now, they remain confidential.

419
00:22:06.600 --> 00:22:08.477
We cannot afford a leak to the press.

420
00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:12.394
There's been far too much talk
in the press already.

421
00:22:14.120 --> 00:22:15.599
(BOTH SIGHING)

422
00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:19.598
When the complete cockpit
voice recording is compiled,

423
00:22:19.760 --> 00:22:22.957
along with ATC
and all onboard transcripts combined,

424
00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:25.119
we will call you back.

425
00:22:26.600 --> 00:22:28.477
Thank you, gentlemen. Good day.

426
00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:32.114
Thank you.

427
00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:40.708
They're playing Pacman.

428
00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:43.480
You were flying a plane
full of human beings.

429
00:22:44.280 --> 00:22:47.590
Somehow, that's not how I remember it.

430
00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:49.559
It just doesn't seem right.

431
00:22:49.760 --> 00:22:51.751
It's because it's not right.

432
00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:54.440
Sully, you did everything you could
and it was more than enough.

433
00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:56.719
Ask the passengers.

434
00:22:56.880 --> 00:22:59.155
Ask your wife and kids. Ask mine.

435
00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:18.069
(DOOR OPENS)

436
00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:22.955
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)

437
00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:26.551
So what was the first thing
you heard from the cockpit?

438
00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:28.676
- "Brace for impact." Yes.
- "Brace for impact."

439
00:23:29.600 --> 00:23:31.760
Now, uh, ever hear that before
coming out of a cockpit?

440
00:23:31.800 --> 00:23:33.199
- No, not ever.
- (AUDIENCE LAUGHS)

441
00:23:34.840 --> 00:23:35.840
DAVID LETTERMAN: Um...

442
00:23:36.600 --> 00:23:39.319
Ever hear that in any other
aspect of your lives?

443
00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:41.673
(ALL LAUGHING AND APPLAUDING)

444
00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:44.108
I don't know.

445
00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:46.238
I don't know.

446
00:23:50.120 --> 00:23:52.714
They could take this show away from me.

447
00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:56.550
Jeff was relaxed and funny.

448
00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:59.096
He should be getting
all of our interview requests.

449
00:23:59.120 --> 00:24:00.200
LORRIE: Are they paying you

450
00:24:00.640 --> 00:24:02.153
for all this media stuff at least?

451
00:24:02.320 --> 00:24:03.833
It's news, Lorr.

452
00:24:04.040 --> 00:24:05.598
No payment is necessary.

453
00:24:05.760 --> 00:24:07.591
Oh, I wish the bank felt the same way.

454
00:24:07.800 --> 00:24:09.153
Why? What do you mean?

455
00:24:09.320 --> 00:24:10.548
It's just...

456
00:24:11.760 --> 00:24:15.309
We got another notice
about the space in Butte County.

457
00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:19.514
We'll find a tenant.

458
00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:20.829
It just takes time.

459
00:24:21.000 --> 00:24:22.776
Yeah, you've been saying that
for nine months, Sully.

460
00:24:22.800 --> 00:24:23.869
It's still vacant.

461
00:24:24.040 --> 00:24:25.712
The economy has to take a turn.

462
00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:30.955
It feels like if we lose that space,
the next domino to fall is the house.

463
00:24:31.600 --> 00:24:33.989
Lorr, we're not gonna lose the house.

464
00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:35.474
I'm sorry.

465
00:24:35.800 --> 00:24:37.279
(CHUCKLES) I'm sorry.

466
00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:39.072
I'm just anxious

467
00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:41.869
and I'm alone and not enough sleep.

468
00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:43.240
Yeah, I know.

469
00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:45.590
Not a lot of sleep going on here either.

470
00:24:45.760 --> 00:24:47.591
I'm sorry if I'm adding to your stress.

471
00:24:47.760 --> 00:24:50.149
But just tell me
you'll be back in the air soon.

472
00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:53.632
Not until the NTSB
is finished with their investigation.

473
00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:55.799
LORRIE: We need you flying.

474
00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:58.918
SULLY: Lorr, if this goes badly,

475
00:24:59.080 --> 00:25:04.074
my career as a safety expert
will end as a website and a business card.

476
00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:06.515
I'm more worried
about your career as a pilot.

477
00:25:10.600 --> 00:25:12.591
What if I did blow this?

478
00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:14.638
What are you saying?

479
00:25:15.520 --> 00:25:19.149
What if I did get this wrong,
so close to the end of my career?

480
00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:23.196
If I endangered the lives
of all those passengers?

481
00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:28.350
Sully, watch the news. You're a hero.

482
00:25:28.520 --> 00:25:31.114
Everyone's gonna have to get used to it,
including the NTSB.

483
00:25:32.600 --> 00:25:34.272
Worst case scenario,

484
00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:37.159
the NTSB lists me as the probable cause.

485
00:25:37.320 --> 00:25:39.959
That's immediate retirement. No pension.

486
00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:41.675
My life's work gone.

487
00:25:41.840 --> 00:25:44.957
Okay, you're scaring me now, Sully.
What is going on?

488
00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:48.996
(SIGHS) The left engine might have
still been idling.

489
00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:51.872
And the Airbus simulations say

490
00:25:52.040 --> 00:25:54.998
I could've made it back
to LaGuardia safely.

491
00:25:55.560 --> 00:25:57.198
But that doesn't make sense.

492
00:25:57.680 --> 00:26:01.639
Doesn't jibe with everything
I felt in the cockpit.

493
00:26:02.360 --> 00:26:04.510
Then why did you do it, Sully?

494
00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:07.472
What, land in the water?

495
00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:10.914
Wasn't that the most dangerous thing
you could have done?

496
00:26:18.160 --> 00:26:20.674
Good afternoon, Gursimran.

497
00:26:22.840 --> 00:26:24.910
The, uh, tuna basil
or the ham and cheddar?

498
00:26:25.080 --> 00:26:27.548
Tuna basil, Mr. Sully. Very fresh.

499
00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:33.071
- Thank you.
- Be careful up there.

500
00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:35.196
Too cold today. Too much cold.

501
00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:37.709
When are you gonna come fly with me?
(GRUNTS)

502
00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:40.832
When US Air starts flights to Hyderabad.

503
00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:44.510
I will talk to the chairman,
see what we can work out.

504
00:26:45.080 --> 00:26:46.080
(CHUCKLES)

505
00:26:46.520 --> 00:26:48.590
LUCILLE: Oh, for heaven's sakes, Diane!
DIANE: No!

506
00:26:48.760 --> 00:26:50.432
- It's his birthday!
- Come on! No, Mom!

507
00:26:50.600 --> 00:26:52.033
Just a little something.

508
00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:54.400
The suitcase is already overstuffed
with gifts for Will.

509
00:26:54.560 --> 00:26:56.520
It's always fun to get
something from the airport.

510
00:26:56.760 --> 00:26:58.512
Feels like you've traveled, too.

511
00:26:58.720 --> 00:27:00.438
DIANE: Ma, he's turning one.

512
00:27:00.600 --> 00:27:03.353
Don't think he'll be discerning
what gift came from where.

513
00:27:03.520 --> 00:27:04.919
But I will.

514
00:27:05.080 --> 00:27:06.957
Maybe a snow globe.

515
00:27:07.120 --> 00:27:09.634
Something he'll remember.
Something "New York."

516
00:27:09.800 --> 00:27:12.030
Were you this generous when we were kids?

517
00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:13.394
Okay, sweetheart.

518
00:27:13.560 --> 00:27:15.869
I'll get you a snow globe, too.

519
00:27:16.080 --> 00:27:17.080
(CHUCKLES)

520
00:27:17.320 --> 00:27:19.038
Fine. Come on.

521
00:27:30.760 --> 00:27:32.600
SULLY: Good afternoon, Sheila.
SHEILA: Captain.

522
00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:36.239
- Hello, Donna.
- DONNA: Captain.

523
00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:38.356
- Jeff.
- Hey, Sully. How are ya?

524
00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:44.394
Hey, guys! Jeff!

525
00:27:44.600 --> 00:27:45.749
We're not gonna make it!

526
00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:47.216
I've been waiting for a year
for this trip, Dad.

527
00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:49.616
I'm not gonna miss this flight.
Just meet us at the gate, okay?

528
00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:51.280
JIMMY: We'll see you there, Uncle Robbie.

529
00:27:53.760 --> 00:27:55.955
Altimeter is verified. 3-0-2-3.

530
00:27:56.120 --> 00:27:58.270
3-0-2-3.

531
00:28:01.560 --> 00:28:03.437
Start checklist complete.

532
00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:08.876
You really think they'll release us?

533
00:28:09.600 --> 00:28:10.880
I've checked the latest reports.

534
00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:12.400
We're clear all the way to Charlotte.

535
00:28:14.120 --> 00:28:15.269
Then steaks.

536
00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:17.158
Del Frisco's. On me.

537
00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:18.799
Never been.

538
00:28:19.120 --> 00:28:20.269
And I hear good things.

539
00:28:20.520 --> 00:28:21.520
Oh.

540
00:28:22.600 --> 00:28:24.238
The rib eye'll break your heart.

541
00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:26.953
I'm more of a porterhouse man.

542
00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:29.915
- The porterhouse will stop your heart.
- (CHUCKLES)

543
00:28:30.600 --> 00:28:32.840
ANNOUNCER: We are now closed
for US Airways flight 1549,

544
00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:33.880
service to Charlotte...

545
00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.960
Wait, wait!

546
00:28:35.120 --> 00:28:36.680
- JIMMY: You got it.
- Wait, wait, wait!

547
00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:38.109
Hi. I'm sorry.

548
00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:39.959
Um, Spirit sent us.

549
00:28:40.120 --> 00:28:42.096
We got canceled and they said
that we were re-routed.

550
00:28:42.120 --> 00:28:43.439
That you guys had some seats?

551
00:28:43.600 --> 00:28:44.635
Flight is closed.

552
00:28:44.800 --> 00:28:47.314
Wait, see that old guy
limping up right there?

553
00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:49.776
That's my dad. It's an emergency.
He's gotta be on this flight.

554
00:28:49.800 --> 00:28:51.472
What kind of emergency?

555
00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:54.279
- Golf emergency.
- (PANTING) This flight canceled?

556
00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:55.793
- (JEFF CHUCKLES)
- Oughta be.

557
00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:58.318
- ID's please.
- Oh, my God!

558
00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:59.616
How many people are traveling?

559
00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:00.789
Three. Thank you.

560
00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:02.473
Nothing together.

561
00:29:02.640 --> 00:29:04.400
That's all right.
Hell, I'll fly on the wing.

562
00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:06.836
- (ALL LAUGHING)
- Here we go.

563
00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:08.274
22A,

564
00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:09.475
6A

565
00:29:09.880 --> 00:29:11.108
and 6C.

566
00:29:11.280 --> 00:29:12.816
- Thank you. Thank you so much.
- Thank you.

567
00:29:12.840 --> 00:29:13.840
Thank you.

568
00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:16.116
- Yes! What!
- ROB: Happy ending.

569
00:29:16.520 --> 00:29:18.988
- She gave me the eye.
- You charming bastard!

570
00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:20.354
- Ahoy.
- Welcome aboard.

571
00:29:20.520 --> 00:29:21.656
- How's it going?
- Lucky you made it.

572
00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:22.954
- Yeah, no kidding.
- All right.

573
00:29:23.120 --> 00:29:24.360
- Thank you. Sorry.
- Thank you!

574
00:29:24.480 --> 00:29:26.675
- ROB: We're in six, Jeff.
- Oh, no. That's all Jimmy.

575
00:29:26.840 --> 00:29:28.520
I was up till 3:00.
I gotta get some sleep.

576
00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:29.908
You can sleep here.

577
00:29:30.120 --> 00:29:32.016
Not with you verbally running
the course the whole time.

578
00:29:32.040 --> 00:29:33.896
(MOCKINGLY) "I think I'll play
the seven iron on the 9th."

579
00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:35.273
- No. Good night.
- (CHUCKLING)

580
00:29:38.080 --> 00:29:39.718
Sorry. Excuse me.

581
00:29:43.120 --> 00:29:44.712
Here. There you go.

582
00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:46.518
- Thanks.
- Yeah, of course.

583
00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:48.920
(WOMAN CHUCKLES)

584
00:29:49.080 --> 00:29:50.513
Hey, guys, I'm in here.

585
00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.789
I'm so sorry.

586
00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:53.188
He likes to throw everything.

587
00:29:53.360 --> 00:29:55.351
That's perfect.
I like to catch everything.

588
00:29:56.280 --> 00:29:57.633
Hey, little man.

589
00:29:58.080 --> 00:29:59.559
I googled you last night.

590
00:30:00.120 --> 00:30:03.317
Read all about your company
on your website.

591
00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:05.709
It's impressive.

592
00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:07.440
Thanks.

593
00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:08.749
(CHUCKLES)

594
00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:12.357
I thought I was
a good bullshitter, but you?

595
00:30:12.840 --> 00:30:13.909
You could go pro.

596
00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:15.160
Hey.

597
00:30:15.320 --> 00:30:16.878
Oh, I'm only teasing.

598
00:30:17.080 --> 00:30:18.160
The site does make it sound

599
00:30:18.320 --> 00:30:21.040
like your air safety consulting business
has got about 100 employees

600
00:30:21.080 --> 00:30:24.117
and headquarters in three states.

601
00:30:24.280 --> 00:30:25.633
Then when I dug a little deeper,

602
00:30:25.840 --> 00:30:28.229
I realized it's only you.

603
00:30:29.120 --> 00:30:30.439
Go easy.

604
00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:32.596
I'm just getting it going.

605
00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:35.080
I'm not usually accused
of being a bullshitter.

606
00:30:35.760 --> 00:30:37.751
Don't get me wrong.
Actually, it's a compliment.

607
00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:40.753
Off that website? I'd hire you.

608
00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:42.911
DONNA: Good afternoon,
ladies and gentlemen.

609
00:30:43.080 --> 00:30:45.310
Welcome onboard US Airways Flight 1549

610
00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:46.833
with service to Charlotte.

611
00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:50.200
Please review the safety instruction card
in the seatback pocket in front of you.

612
00:30:50.280 --> 00:30:52.589
It explains the safety features
of this aircraft

613
00:30:52.760 --> 00:30:56.036
as well as the location and operation
of the exit and flotation devices.

614
00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:58.760
Your seat cushion serves
as a flotation device.

615
00:30:58.960 --> 00:31:02.191
LaGuardia ramp, Cactus 1549.
Ready for pushback at gate 21.

616
00:31:02.360 --> 00:31:04.496
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER 1:
Cactus 1549, gate 21 cleared to push.

617
00:31:04.520 --> 00:31:05.873
Spot 28, ground for taxi.

618
00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:07.952
(ENGINE REVVING)

619
00:31:13.360 --> 00:31:15.112
Be sure you turn that off.

620
00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:17.793
Tray table up.

621
00:31:34.840 --> 00:31:38.150
Just once I'd like to
get out of LaGuardia on time.

622
00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:41.148
Well, you know the only way to
get out of LaGuardia on time.

623
00:31:41.320 --> 00:31:42.514
Yeah, what's that?

624
00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:44.830
- Fly out of JFK.
- (CHUCKLES)

625
00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:46.000
Funny.

626
00:31:55.520 --> 00:31:57.476
SKILES:
Takeoff minimum fuel quantity verify.

627
00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:58.680
19, 000 pounds required.

628
00:31:58.840 --> 00:32:00.159
We got 21.8 onboard.

629
00:32:00.320 --> 00:32:03.039
19,000 pounds required. 21.8 onboard.

630
00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:06.237
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER 1: Cactus 1549.
Runway 4. Cleared for takeoff.

631
00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:08.990
Cactus 1549. Cleared for takeoff.

632
00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:13.834
(REVVING)

633
00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:16.833
TO/GA.

634
00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:18.353
TO/GA set.

635
00:32:42.040 --> 00:32:43.155
SULLY: Positive rate.

636
00:32:43.760 --> 00:32:44.988
Gear up, please.

637
00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:47.680
Gear up.

638
00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:54.555
(SULLY SIGHS)

639
00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:59.878
Nice view of the Hudson.

640
00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:03.433
I'll never get over
how beautiful it is up here.

641
00:33:04.280 --> 00:33:06.157
Life's easier in the air.

642
00:33:06.320 --> 00:33:07.992
I guess it is.

643
00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:11.440
Birds!

644
00:33:12.040 --> 00:33:13.040
Whoa.

645
00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:14.559
(CRASHING)

646
00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:21.912
Oh, shit.

647
00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:23.475
Oh, yeah.

648
00:33:26.040 --> 00:33:27.268
(BEEPING)

649
00:33:29.840 --> 00:33:31.512
WOMAN: It's just turbulence, probably.

650
00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:32.954
SHEILA: I'll check the cabin.

651
00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:35.240
MALE PASSENGER:
What do you think's going on?

652
00:33:36.760 --> 00:33:37.760
It's okay.

653
00:33:38.280 --> 00:33:41.590
Everyone, might be a good idea
just to keep your seat belts on.

654
00:33:44.120 --> 00:33:45.838
SULLY: We got one rolling back.

655
00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:50.430
We have both of them rolling back.

656
00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:56.029
Ignition start.

657
00:33:56.360 --> 00:33:57.588
(METAL THUDDING)

658
00:33:59.320 --> 00:34:00.435
(PASSENGERS GASP)

659
00:34:03.360 --> 00:34:04.679
Oh, my God.

660
00:34:06.120 --> 00:34:07.473
I'm starting the APU.

661
00:34:11.640 --> 00:34:13.320
Just double-check your seat belts, please.

662
00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:14.480
DONNA: Seat belt. Relax.

663
00:34:14.640 --> 00:34:16.096
SHEILA: Can I make sure
your seatbelts are fastened?

664
00:34:16.120 --> 00:34:17.920
DONNA: Make sure
your seat belts are fastened.

665
00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:21.399
Seat belts.

666
00:34:25.240 --> 00:34:28.073
- What do you think that was?
- I think it was a bird strike.

667
00:34:28.680 --> 00:34:30.796
- Then we're going back to LaGuardia.
- Yeah.

668
00:34:31.760 --> 00:34:33.016
- (ALARM BEEPING)
- SULLY: Get out the QRH.

669
00:34:33.040 --> 00:34:35.076
Loss of thrust on both engines.

670
00:34:35.520 --> 00:34:37.636
Mayday, mayday, mayday.
This is Cactus 1549.

671
00:34:37.840 --> 00:34:38.840
We hit birds.

672
00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:40.831
PATRICK: Maintain 1-5000, Delta 3-3-1.

673
00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:44.390
SULLY: We've lost thrust on both engines.
We are turning back towards LaGuardia.

674
00:34:44.600 --> 00:34:46.352
Okay, you need to return to LaGuardia?

675
00:34:46.840 --> 00:34:48.876
- Turn left heading 2-2-0.
- SU LLY: 2-2-0.

676
00:34:49.040 --> 00:34:50.519
Which engine did you lose?

677
00:34:50.680 --> 00:34:51.829
Both. Both engines.

678
00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:53.136
- Supe?
- ATC SUPERVISOR: Yeah?

679
00:34:53.160 --> 00:34:54.639
I have an emergency.

680
00:34:56.880 --> 00:34:57.880
What's the report?

681
00:34:58.080 --> 00:34:59.115
Both engines.

682
00:34:59.360 --> 00:35:01.510
- What?
- Both engines gone. No thrust.

683
00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:04.880
ATC SUPERVISOR: All right.

684
00:35:05.040 --> 00:35:07.508
LaGuardia says go to runway 1-3.

685
00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:10.308
Tower, stop your departure.
Got an emergency returning.

686
00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:12.118
1549, bird strike.

687
00:35:12.280 --> 00:35:14.077
He lost both engines.
Returning immediately.

688
00:35:14.240 --> 00:35:15.400
TOWER OPERATOR: Which engine?

689
00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:17.749
He lost thrust in both engines, he said.

690
00:35:18.280 --> 00:35:21.795
Cactus 1549, if we can get it for you,
do you wanna try to land runway 1 -3?

691
00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:25.630
We are unable.
We may end up in the Hudson.

692
00:35:26.200 --> 00:35:27.349
(SYSTEM BEEPING RAPIDLY)

693
00:35:27.560 --> 00:35:29.755
I got an A320 diving for the river.

694
00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:31.592
Al, stack all the inbounds to LaGuardia.

695
00:35:31.760 --> 00:35:33.398
Let's put a hold on the tower, please.

696
00:35:33.560 --> 00:35:34.754
Come on, guys, stay on point.

697
00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:36.096
SULLY: What about over to our right?

698
00:35:36.120 --> 00:35:38.395
Anything in New Jersey? Maybe Teterboro?

699
00:35:38.560 --> 00:35:39.696
T eterboro tower, I need a runway.

700
00:35:39.720 --> 00:35:41.496
Cactus 1549 needs to go
to the airport right now.

701
00:35:41.520 --> 00:35:42.873
Newark tower, what have you got?

702
00:35:43.040 --> 00:35:44.816
NEWARK CONTROLLER:
You have runway 2-9 cleared and ready.

703
00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:46.240
- You need emergency landing?
- Yes.

704
00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:47.400
Okay, yeah.

705
00:35:47.640 --> 00:35:49.551
Off your right side is Teterboro airport.

706
00:35:49.720 --> 00:35:51.073
(BEEPING)

707
00:35:53.600 --> 00:35:54.874
Shit.

708
00:35:55.680 --> 00:35:57.398
SULLY: This is the Captain.

709
00:35:57.560 --> 00:35:59.118
Brace for impact.

710
00:35:59.280 --> 00:36:00.395
Oh, my God.

711
00:36:00.560 --> 00:36:01.709
What?

712
00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:03.433
STEWARDESSES:
Brace, brace, brace!

713
00:36:03.800 --> 00:36:06.268
Heads down, stay down!

714
00:36:06.720 --> 00:36:08.870
Brace, brace, brace!

715
00:36:09.040 --> 00:36:11.508
Heads down, stay down!

716
00:36:11.680 --> 00:36:13.636
PATRICK: Cactus 1549, turn right 2-8-0.

717
00:36:13.800 --> 00:36:15.472
You can land runway one Teterboro.

718
00:36:15.640 --> 00:36:16.755
We can't make it.

719
00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:18.478
We're gonna end up in the Hudson.

720
00:36:18.640 --> 00:36:20.596
I'm sorry. Say again, Cactus?

721
00:36:25.560 --> 00:36:27.949
Cactus 1549, radar contact lost.

722
00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:30.040
ATC SUPERVISOR: KC, come on over here.

723
00:36:30.080 --> 00:36:33.117
You also got Newark off your two o'clock
in about seven miles.

724
00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:36.358
Don't go in the river.

725
00:36:36.520 --> 00:36:38.112
- KC: Sir?
- Plug in.

726
00:36:41.720 --> 00:36:43.199
PATRICK: Cactus 1549, if you can,

727
00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:45.794
you got runway 2-9 available at Newark.

728
00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:47.791
It'll be two o'clock in seven miles.

729
00:36:48.440 --> 00:36:49.475
(SOFTLY) Come on.

730
00:36:50.240 --> 00:36:51.639
Please, God.

731
00:36:55.680 --> 00:36:56.874
I'm sorry, Patrick.

732
00:36:57.040 --> 00:36:59.496
He's inbound to Newark, I know it.
He just went off the box to focus.

733
00:36:59.520 --> 00:37:00.520
Patty.

734
00:37:00.720 --> 00:37:02.039
He'll come back up.

735
00:37:02.240 --> 00:37:03.912
He's heading to Teterboro.

736
00:37:04.080 --> 00:37:05.991
We need other eyes and ears.

737
00:37:06.560 --> 00:37:09.074
Attention, all aircraft
in the vicinity of the GW.

738
00:37:11.120 --> 00:37:13.000
PILOT: When we come up
around this bend up here,

739
00:37:13.120 --> 00:37:14.838
we'll see the USS Intrepid.

740
00:37:15.040 --> 00:37:16.951
PATRICK:
We got an A320 on emergency descent.

741
00:37:17.120 --> 00:37:20.715
Cactus 1549 is low level above the Hudson.

742
00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:24.515
This is helicopter 1-6-7, Mike Tango.
I've got eyes on him.

743
00:37:24.720 --> 00:37:26.199
Okay. I got a chopper with visuals.

744
00:37:26.360 --> 00:37:28.271
I'm staying on this.

745
00:37:28.440 --> 00:37:29.953
He's out there.

746
00:37:30.840 --> 00:37:34.753
He's headed to Newark, seven miles.
It's only seven miles.

747
00:37:35.720 --> 00:37:41.033
Cactus 1549, this is departure control.
On guard, do you read?

748
00:37:41.800 --> 00:37:43.472
PILOT: He's going down.

749
00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:46.271
Cactus 1549, do you read me?

750
00:37:46.440 --> 00:37:50.319
PILOT: Shit! He's going down!
He's gonna hit the water.

751
00:37:51.680 --> 00:37:54.069
- KC, take his seat.
- Sure.

752
00:37:59.760 --> 00:38:00.909
Tester's gonna come down.

753
00:38:01.200 --> 00:38:04.237
Breathalyzer, urine samples,
it's standard.

754
00:38:04.760 --> 00:38:06.716
His voice was so calm.

755
00:38:07.760 --> 00:38:10.194
When he said the Hudson,
I didn't believe it.

756
00:38:11.520 --> 00:38:13.431
This isn't happening.

757
00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:16.914
People don't survive
water landings, Henry.

758
00:38:20.440 --> 00:38:21.589
(ALARMS BEEPING RAPIDLY)

759
00:38:21.840 --> 00:38:25.799
AUTOMATED VOICE: Pull up. Pull up.

760
00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:27.234
We're gonna brace.

761
00:38:27.960 --> 00:38:28.960
Pull up! Pull up!

762
00:38:29.240 --> 00:38:30.275
Thirty.

763
00:38:30.920 --> 00:38:32.114
Twenty.

764
00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:33.880
Ten.

765
00:38:36.600 --> 00:38:37.600
(SULLY GRUNTS)

766
00:38:38.240 --> 00:38:39.719
I'd better go.

767
00:38:41.280 --> 00:38:44.033
I am so sorry. I love you.

768
00:38:45.680 --> 00:38:47.318
Yeah. I gotta go.

769
00:38:53.480 --> 00:38:54.480
(SIGHS)

770
00:38:58.080 --> 00:39:00.816
BRIAN WILLIAMS: It had just taken off
from New York's LaGuardia Airport,

771
00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:02.910
bound for Charlotte, North Carolina,

772
00:39:03.080 --> 00:39:04.911
and then a mid-air disaster

773
00:39:05.080 --> 00:39:08.277
struck US Airways Flight 1549.

774
00:39:08.440 --> 00:39:12.228
It's possible that birds flew into
both of the aircraft engines.

775
00:39:12.400 --> 00:39:16.109
The pilot quickly realized he could not
return to the airport and land.

776
00:39:16.280 --> 00:39:18.111
His options severely limited,

777
00:39:18.280 --> 00:39:21.238
the only place he could go down
was the Hudson River.

778
00:39:33.040 --> 00:39:37.113
KATIE COURIC: Choosing to land
on the Hudson, that was a big "if."

779
00:39:37.280 --> 00:39:39.240
CHARLES: Have you had
any troubles at home lately?

780
00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:41.914
LORRIE: Why'd you do it, Sully?
Land in the water?

781
00:39:42.080 --> 00:39:44.496
SKILES: Sully, you did everything
you could. It was more than enough.

782
00:39:44.520 --> 00:39:48.069
CHARLES: Every computer simulation
demonstrated that a return was possible.

783
00:39:48.280 --> 00:39:50.320
CLEARY: The left engine
was still operating at idle.

784
00:39:50.400 --> 00:39:53.915
BEN: There was enough altitude and speed
for a successful return to LaGuardia.

785
00:39:54.120 --> 00:39:56.760
LORRIE: Wasn't that the most
dangerous thing you could have done?

786
00:39:57.080 --> 00:39:58.638
(PANTING)

787
00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:22.516
SULLY: This is Tasty 1-1.
Abort test bombing run.

788
00:40:22.680 --> 00:40:24.456
I have an emergency
flight control malfunction.

789
00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:25.799
Two, join on me.

790
00:40:25.960 --> 00:40:27.996
JET PILOT: Roger that.
Two joining on you.

791
00:40:28.720 --> 00:40:31.518
- Feels like hydraulics.
- ANDREW: Sir, do we need to punch out?

792
00:40:31.680 --> 00:40:34.240
SULLY: No, I can still fly.
I'm running a control test.

793
00:40:34.840 --> 00:40:36.159
Get the checklist.

794
00:40:36.320 --> 00:40:37.656
ANDREW: We have the checklist, sir.

795
00:40:37.680 --> 00:40:39.400
SULLY: Increasing thrust.
We need altitude.

796
00:40:39.440 --> 00:40:40.714
Hold on, we 're gonna climb.

797
00:40:44.760 --> 00:40:46.080
Nellis Tower, this is Tasty 1-1

798
00:40:46.200 --> 00:40:47.696
with an emergency
flight control malfunction.

799
00:40:47.720 --> 00:40:48.960
We need a straight-in approach.

800
00:40:49.880 --> 00:40:51.096
RESPONSE OFFICER: Roger, Tasty 1-1.

801
00:40:51.120 --> 00:40:53.475
Turn left 2-0-0 to runway 3.

802
00:40:53.680 --> 00:40:55.880
SULLY: Unable.
I repeat, I need a straight-in approach.

803
00:40:56.120 --> 00:40:57.120
RESPONSE OFFICER: Okay.

804
00:40:57.360 --> 00:40:58.840
Proceed straight ahead to runway 2-1.

805
00:40:59.000 --> 00:41:00.558
SULLY: 2-1, Tasty 1-1.

806
00:41:03.360 --> 00:41:05.112
Two, I'm decreasing speed.

807
00:41:05.280 --> 00:41:07.111
Clear the board for a damage check.

808
00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:17.176
JET PILOT: One, you look clean and dry,
but you're still trailing smoke.

809
00:41:17.200 --> 00:41:19.395
SULLY: Roger that, Two.
Approach runway 2-1.

810
00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:22.229
JET PILOT: One, I'll maintain chase
and follow you in.

811
00:41:30.720 --> 00:41:31.896
SULLY: I have visual on the runway.

812
00:41:31.920 --> 00:41:33.069
What's our heading?

813
00:41:33.240 --> 00:41:35.549
ANDREW: Heading 0-2-0.
Five miles out, sir.

814
00:41:36.240 --> 00:41:37.832
SULLY: All right. Gear in three.

815
00:41:42.520 --> 00:41:44.280
RESPONSE OFFICER:
Tasty 1-1, check air speed.

816
00:41:44.360 --> 00:41:46.191
Looks like you're coming in hot.

817
00:41:46.360 --> 00:41:48.296
SULLY: Nellis Tower,
I need speed to maintain control.

818
00:41:48.320 --> 00:41:50.231
- Avoiding a stall.
- (ALARM BEEPING)

819
00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:56.016
JET PILOT: One, check your heading.
You're not gonna make the runway.

820
00:41:56.040 --> 00:41:57.075
SULLY: I got it.

821
00:41:57.760 --> 00:41:59.273
I'm bringing her back.

822
00:42:16.960 --> 00:42:19.235
ANDREW: That was a hell of a landing, sir.

823
00:42:19.400 --> 00:42:21.516
I didn't think we were gonna make it.

824
00:42:23.240 --> 00:42:24.275
(SULLY PANTING)

825
00:42:50.600 --> 00:42:52.576
PETE: I'm gonna start charging you
for this stuff, all right?

826
00:42:52.600 --> 00:42:54.440
- JOHNNY: Oh, get out of here.
- You hear me?

827
00:42:54.600 --> 00:42:55.828
- Thanks, Pete.
- Thanks, Pete.

828
00:42:56.000 --> 00:42:57.000
You got any nuts?

829
00:42:57.720 --> 00:42:59.039
- Hey.
- Hey.

830
00:42:59.200 --> 00:43:01.156
Let me know if you need anything.

831
00:43:01.320 --> 00:43:03.595
MALE NEWSCASTER:
But what still seems so hard to believe

832
00:43:03.760 --> 00:43:06.354
is that everyone
aboard the plane survived,

833
00:43:06.560 --> 00:43:09.552
including two shivering babies
who were found in a life raft...

834
00:43:09.800 --> 00:43:10.800
Hey...

835
00:43:12.160 --> 00:43:13.878
(STUTTERS) Is that you?

836
00:43:14.040 --> 00:43:16.349
- Are you the pilot? Sully?
- Yeah.

837
00:43:16.520 --> 00:43:18.272
- That is you, right?
- Yeah.

838
00:43:18.640 --> 00:43:20.517
Hey, it's a pleasure to meet you.

839
00:43:21.960 --> 00:43:23.871
That was unreal,
what you did the other day.

840
00:43:24.080 --> 00:43:26.355
- That was really something.
- MAN: Yeah, he's a hero.

841
00:43:26.520 --> 00:43:28.556
A real pleasure to meet you.

842
00:43:28.720 --> 00:43:30.280
You know, we invented a drink after you

843
00:43:30.400 --> 00:43:32.136
as soon as that happened.
Ain't that right, Johnny?

844
00:43:32.160 --> 00:43:33.957
Yeah, you did. In fact, I'll take one.

845
00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:36.232
- (MEN LAUGHING)
- The Sully!

846
00:43:37.520 --> 00:43:39.112
It's a shot of Grey Goose

847
00:43:40.760 --> 00:43:42.273
with a, uh, splash of water.

848
00:43:42.440 --> 00:43:44.192
- Splash of water.
- (BOTH LAUGHING)

849
00:43:46.440 --> 00:43:48.795
PETE: Hey, listen.

850
00:43:49.560 --> 00:43:51.152
To January 15th.

851
00:43:51.840 --> 00:43:52.955
Best day of the year.

852
00:43:53.400 --> 00:43:54.520
JOHNNY: To Sully.
MAN: Sully.

853
00:43:59.720 --> 00:44:00.720
JOHNNY: Hey, Pete.

854
00:44:00.880 --> 00:44:03.155
Sully's here, and he's there!

855
00:44:03.320 --> 00:44:05.595
- MAN: Damn, Pete. He's everywhere!
- (BOTH LAUGHING)

856
00:44:06.440 --> 00:44:07.480
(CONTINUES LAUGHING) Yeah!

857
00:44:07.600 --> 00:44:08.749
Sully!

858
00:44:10.880 --> 00:44:13.075
PETE: You're like a real hero, man.
You know that?

859
00:44:18.480 --> 00:44:19.549
(SHIP HORN BELLOWS)

860
00:44:22.160 --> 00:44:24.230
Keep it coming, Paulie.
I'll see you on One.

861
00:44:24.400 --> 00:44:25.400
PAULIE: Agreed.

862
00:44:31.520 --> 00:44:32.760
Twenty-one people onboard, Cap.

863
00:44:32.840 --> 00:44:34.558
Last report says
there's ice out by the GW.

864
00:44:34.720 --> 00:44:36.756
- All right, thanks. Roger that.
- All right.

865
00:44:36.920 --> 00:44:39.354
Twenty-one on the TJ,
departing Midtown, slip Seven.

866
00:44:51.600 --> 00:44:52.600
MICHAEL: Unbelievable.

867
00:44:53.480 --> 00:44:55.136
I cannot believe
you have the sack to say that.

868
00:44:55.160 --> 00:44:57.176
That's literally like giving
the entire city the finger.

869
00:44:57.200 --> 00:44:58.200
I'll say it again.

870
00:44:58.400 --> 00:44:59.576
Dennis Eckersley is without question

871
00:44:59.600 --> 00:45:01.760
the greatest relief pitcher
in the history of baseball.

872
00:45:01.920 --> 00:45:03.273
Are you blinded by the leg kick?

873
00:45:03.440 --> 00:45:05.476
Is that what it is? Or is it the mustache?

874
00:45:05.680 --> 00:45:07.360
You're just jealous he was never a Yankee.

875
00:45:07.520 --> 00:45:08.520
Jealous?

876
00:45:09.000 --> 00:45:10.115
Yeah.

877
00:45:31.960 --> 00:45:33.520
WOMAN: Now, let's turn to page seven...

878
00:45:33.880 --> 00:45:35.199
(DISTANT RUMBLING)

879
00:45:45.040 --> 00:45:46.268
(INFLIGHT ALARMS BEEPING)

880
00:45:46.480 --> 00:45:48.391
STEWARDESSES: Brace, brace, brace!

881
00:45:48.560 --> 00:45:49.595
Heads down, stay down!

882
00:45:49.760 --> 00:45:51.239
- Let me hold him.
- (INFANT COOS)

883
00:45:51.400 --> 00:45:52.816
- Brace, brace, brace!
- It's okay. Let me hold him.

884
00:45:52.840 --> 00:45:53.989
Okay.

885
00:45:54.160 --> 00:45:56.037
Heads down, stay down!

886
00:45:56.200 --> 00:45:58.191
Brace, brace, brace!

887
00:45:58.400 --> 00:45:59.435
Heads down, stay down!

888
00:45:59.600 --> 00:46:01.680
- We're not gonna make it, Uncle Robbie.
- It's okay.

889
00:46:01.840 --> 00:46:02.976
STEWARDESSES: Brace, brace, brace!

890
00:46:03.000 --> 00:46:04.353
(CRYING) I love you, Mom.

891
00:46:04.520 --> 00:46:06.875
- Heads down, stay down!
- To the moon and the stars

892
00:46:07.040 --> 00:46:08.880
- and all the way back.
- And all the way back.

893
00:46:09.000 --> 00:46:11.673
Heads down, stay down!

894
00:46:20.520 --> 00:46:21.520
(BABY CRYING)

895
00:46:37.080 --> 00:46:38.479
What do we do, darling?

896
00:46:44.840 --> 00:46:46.034
(WAILING)

897
00:46:47.480 --> 00:46:48.549
(WATER GUSHING)

898
00:46:53.160 --> 00:46:54.309
Oh, my God.

899
00:46:58.640 --> 00:46:59.834
Evacuate.

900
00:47:00.080 --> 00:47:01.274
(PASSENGERS EXCLAIMING)

901
00:47:02.120 --> 00:47:03.189
SULLY: Evacuate.

902
00:47:04.400 --> 00:47:05.799
Grab your life vests, please.

903
00:47:05.960 --> 00:47:07.552
DONNA: Opening forward door.

904
00:47:15.200 --> 00:47:16.200
(PEOPLE SHRIEKING)

905
00:47:16.400 --> 00:47:17.833
MAN: It's flooding back here!

906
00:47:18.000 --> 00:47:19.479
Rob Kolodjay!

907
00:47:19.640 --> 00:47:21.596
- Dad!
- Go, go, go!

908
00:47:23.600 --> 00:47:26.478
Everyone! The aft exits are unusable.

909
00:47:26.640 --> 00:47:28.995
Move forward to the overwing exits!

910
00:47:29.200 --> 00:47:31.430
And don life vests now!

911
00:47:32.200 --> 00:47:33.553
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

912
00:47:41.360 --> 00:47:43.510
DOREEN: Go! Exit! Go, go!

913
00:47:45.160 --> 00:47:46.160
Move forward.

914
00:47:46.360 --> 00:47:47.496
Move forward to the right
or left exit door.

915
00:47:47.520 --> 00:47:48.520
Jeff!

916
00:47:48.680 --> 00:47:50.000
He's back there, can you see him?

917
00:47:50.280 --> 00:47:51.599
Dad!

918
00:48:00.880 --> 00:48:02.480
- DOREEN: Everyone, come forward.
- Jump!

919
00:48:04.720 --> 00:48:07.473
Sir, evacuate the plane right now! Go!

920
00:48:10.600 --> 00:48:11.600
(GASPS)

921
00:48:12.520 --> 00:48:14.040
DONNA: Sheila, the raft didn't deploy.

922
00:48:19.000 --> 00:48:20.479
DONNA: Sir! Come back, sir!

923
00:48:21.720 --> 00:48:22.994
Calm down. You'll be fine.

924
00:48:23.160 --> 00:48:24.479
The rafts are waiting.

925
00:48:27.480 --> 00:48:28.480
(GASPS)

926
00:48:29.320 --> 00:48:30.639
MAN: Come on, come on, come on.

927
00:48:30.840 --> 00:48:32.068
Hurry up!

928
00:48:32.240 --> 00:48:33.976
SULLY: It's gonna be bitter out there.
Here you go.

929
00:48:34.000 --> 00:48:36.753
Here. Gonna be bitter out there.

930
00:48:38.960 --> 00:48:39.960
DONNA: Slowly.

931
00:48:40.160 --> 00:48:41.576
DOREEN:
You need to get off this plane now.

932
00:48:41.600 --> 00:48:43.280
DONNA: Feet first.
Slide slowly and gently.

933
00:48:43.360 --> 00:48:45.080
- Plenty of room.
- DOREEN: Come on, people.

934
00:48:49.600 --> 00:48:52.717
DON NA: Okay. It's good now. Jump! Jump!

935
00:48:53.240 --> 00:48:54.240
(GASPING)

936
00:49:08.520 --> 00:49:10.238
SHAE: Oh, my God. Is that gas?

937
00:49:11.400 --> 00:49:12.515
We have to jump.

938
00:49:12.960 --> 00:49:14.188
MAN: No, no, no, wait!

939
00:49:17.880 --> 00:49:19.108
(GASPING)

940
00:49:24.880 --> 00:49:26.029
You seeing this?

941
00:49:26.200 --> 00:49:28.430
Yeah. Holy Christ, that's a plane.

942
00:49:28.600 --> 00:49:30.909
Deploy that
man overboard ladder right away.

943
00:49:31.080 --> 00:49:32.274
All right, I'm on it.

944
00:49:32.480 --> 00:49:33.549
Shit.

945
00:49:34.400 --> 00:49:35.628
Mayday, mayday, mayday.

946
00:49:35.800 --> 00:49:38.394
Coast Guard sector New York,
channel 1 -6, Thomas Jefferson.

947
00:49:38.560 --> 00:49:41.632
We have a passenger airliner
in the north river.

948
00:49:41.800 --> 00:49:44.109
We're en route. We will advise.

949
00:49:44.560 --> 00:49:46.994
- (ALARM BLARING)
- Let's go, let's go!

950
00:50:02.080 --> 00:50:04.833
ROB: Jimmy, Jeff's still on that plane!

951
00:50:05.680 --> 00:50:06.680
We can't leave him there!

952
00:50:06.840 --> 00:50:08.432
Robbie, Robbie. Robbie!

953
00:50:08.600 --> 00:50:10.795
Robbie! The crew will grab him, okay?

954
00:50:10.960 --> 00:50:12.416
- The crew will get him, okay?
- He's in there!

955
00:50:12.440 --> 00:50:15.000
- He'll be okay. He'll be okay.
- (RUMBLING)

956
00:50:15.360 --> 00:50:18.079
I'm okay, Mom. I'm okay.

957
00:50:19.760 --> 00:50:20.909
(PEOPLE SCREAMING)

958
00:50:21.440 --> 00:50:22.759
- Ma!
- Just leave me.

959
00:50:22.920 --> 00:50:24.751
Keep moving forward!

960
00:50:24.920 --> 00:50:26.592
SULLY: Follow your instructions.

961
00:50:26.760 --> 00:50:28.736
- It's all right.
- MAN 1: There's water in the back.

962
00:50:28.760 --> 00:50:30.296
- We're doing fine.
- MAN 2: Come on. Let's get out!

963
00:50:30.320 --> 00:50:32.680
One after another. Keep moving forward.
Keep moving forward.

964
00:50:32.800 --> 00:50:34.279
DONNA: This way. I'll help you out.

965
00:50:34.440 --> 00:50:35.776
LUCILLE: You go ahead, sweetheart.

966
00:50:35.800 --> 00:50:36.800
Come on. She can't move.

967
00:50:36.960 --> 00:50:38.216
- Sir! Can you come help us?
- MAN 3: Yes, ma'am?

968
00:50:38.240 --> 00:50:39.240
MAN 3: Right there.

969
00:50:39.400 --> 00:50:41.789
SULLY: Here's a floatation device.
Take that.

970
00:50:42.680 --> 00:50:44.796
DOREEN: Everyone, keep moving forward.

971
00:50:44.960 --> 00:50:46.757
Over the wings.

972
00:50:48.080 --> 00:50:50.435
If you have a life vest, put it on!

973
00:50:50.840 --> 00:50:53.070
DISPATCH ER: All series near the Intrepid,
plane down.

974
00:50:53.240 --> 00:50:56.357
We got passengers on the wings.
Approach with caution.

975
00:51:01.240 --> 00:51:02.920
SHEILA: Stay calm and you'll all get out.

976
00:51:04.440 --> 00:51:05.440
Thank you.

977
00:51:07.720 --> 00:51:09.199
JIM: Move forward, move forward.

978
00:51:15.920 --> 00:51:17.035
WOMAN: Come on!

979
00:51:17.800 --> 00:51:18.949
Come on!

980
00:51:23.680 --> 00:51:25.159
(MAN SHIVERING)

981
00:51:26.320 --> 00:51:27.912
SHEILA: Put a blanket on her leg.

982
00:51:28.160 --> 00:51:29.673
- She needs a tourniquet.
- (GROANS)

983
00:51:29.840 --> 00:51:31.796
You're gonna be fine, honey. Go slow.

984
00:51:32.240 --> 00:51:33.559
Go slowly. Blanket.

985
00:51:34.400 --> 00:51:36.789
Wrap this around her leg. Make it tight.

986
00:51:38.560 --> 00:51:40.551
(SHIVERS) It's so cold out here.

987
00:51:43.440 --> 00:51:45.351
VINCENT: Get those first-aid kits
up to the bow

988
00:51:45.520 --> 00:51:47.272
and get some extra life jackets out there.

989
00:51:47.560 --> 00:51:49.437
PASSENGER: We're here! We're here!

990
00:51:50.080 --> 00:51:51.718
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

991
00:51:52.480 --> 00:51:54.277
It's all right. We're here.

992
00:51:59.880 --> 00:52:01.154
Give me a countdown, Victor.

993
00:52:01.320 --> 00:52:02.719
VICTOR: All right.

994
00:52:04.160 --> 00:52:05.160
Three,

995
00:52:05.840 --> 00:52:07.034
two...

996
00:52:08.360 --> 00:52:10.032
We're good. We're good.

997
00:52:11.640 --> 00:52:13.119
Come on, buddy.

998
00:52:15.240 --> 00:52:17.515
Hold it right there, baby. Come on.

999
00:52:17.680 --> 00:52:19.040
- (WOMAN WHIMPERS)
- Easy. Go easy.

1000
00:52:21.640 --> 00:52:23.596
Come on. One at a time.

1001
00:52:25.600 --> 00:52:27.397
We're gonna get everybody, guys.

1002
00:52:34.640 --> 00:52:36.039
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

1003
00:52:43.160 --> 00:52:44.513
(SOBBING)

1004
00:52:54.560 --> 00:52:55.560
(HORN BLOWS)

1005
00:52:59.760 --> 00:53:02.911
VINCENT: This is Yogi Berra.
We're 30 seconds out.

1006
00:53:03.080 --> 00:53:06.709
With a water temperature of 36 degrees
and a wind chill of minus 5,

1007
00:53:06.880 --> 00:53:09.758
the surviving passengers of Flight 1549

1008
00:53:09.920 --> 00:53:12.275
literally have minutes to live.

1009
00:53:12.440 --> 00:53:15.113
MICHAEL: We're five out.
We have visual on aircraft.

1010
00:53:20.320 --> 00:53:21.456
MAN: All right, give me your hand.

1011
00:53:21.480 --> 00:53:23.835
If anybody's got any problems,
just wait down there.

1012
00:53:24.000 --> 00:53:26.560
We got some really good people
coming on their way, all right?

1013
00:53:34.920 --> 00:53:36.114
(GASPING)

1014
00:53:40.320 --> 00:53:41.833
ROBERT: Stand by.

1015
00:53:48.040 --> 00:53:50.190
Fifty yards, go!

1016
00:54:04.760 --> 00:54:05.829
MICHAEL: You okay?

1017
00:54:06.000 --> 00:54:07.911
I got you. You're gonna be okay.
All right?

1018
00:54:08.080 --> 00:54:09.080
Got you.

1019
00:54:11.800 --> 00:54:13.358
Is anyone still here? Come forward.

1020
00:54:13.560 --> 00:54:15.073
DONNA: Captain! Come back!

1021
00:54:15.240 --> 00:54:16.719
Come forward!

1022
00:54:21.360 --> 00:54:23.351
DONNA: We need to get off the plane now.

1023
00:54:32.280 --> 00:54:33.349
Captain!

1024
00:54:34.680 --> 00:54:37.114
Captain! We have to go!

1025
00:54:37.280 --> 00:54:39.271
It's time to get off the plane, right now!

1026
00:54:50.000 --> 00:54:53.151
SULLY: All right, you guys go. Go.
I'll be right behind you.

1027
00:55:06.800 --> 00:55:08.677
SKILES: Sully, we gotta go.

1028
00:55:13.960 --> 00:55:16.190
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

1029
00:55:22.840 --> 00:55:23.840
MAN: Thank you.

1030
00:55:28.000 --> 00:55:30.833
DONNA: Everybody's okay.
Help is on the way.

1031
00:55:32.720 --> 00:55:35.314
FEMALE EMT: Twenty-six passengers
going to Port Imperial.

1032
00:55:35.480 --> 00:55:37.516
MALE EMT 1: Nineteen headed to Pier 81.

1033
00:55:37.680 --> 00:55:41.116
MALE EMT 2: We got 24 passengers onboard
headed to Port Imperial.

1034
00:55:41.280 --> 00:55:43.236
Whoever has miraculously survived

1035
00:55:43.440 --> 00:55:45.556
this plummet from the skies
into the icy Hudson

1036
00:55:45.720 --> 00:55:48.757
has about 300 of New York's finest
ready to help them.

1037
00:55:48.920 --> 00:55:52.196
The only question remaining
is will it be too late?

1038
00:55:52.360 --> 00:55:54.635
In Manhattan, Bobby Cuza, New York One.

1039
00:55:54.800 --> 00:55:56.080
Come on, sir. Give me your hand.

1040
00:55:56.120 --> 00:55:57.120
SANTINI: Grab on.

1041
00:55:57.280 --> 00:55:58.920
KELLY: Give me your hand, sir. It's okay.

1042
00:55:59.120 --> 00:56:00.519
We got you.

1043
00:56:02.240 --> 00:56:03.912
- My hands.
- Gotta warm them up.

1044
00:56:04.360 --> 00:56:05.952
Get him a blanket, fast.

1045
00:56:06.960 --> 00:56:07.960
(GRUNTING)

1046
00:56:13.720 --> 00:56:15.358
I was sure I was gonna die.

1047
00:56:15.960 --> 00:56:18.155
Hey, no one dies today.

1048
00:56:22.440 --> 00:56:23.714
Give me your hand.

1049
00:56:30.240 --> 00:56:32.629
Here you go, Captain. This way.

1050
00:56:33.960 --> 00:56:35.154
Give us your hand, sir.

1051
00:56:35.320 --> 00:56:36.639
Sully, wrap it around your arms.

1052
00:56:38.160 --> 00:56:39.639
- Climb out now.
- Give me your hand.

1053
00:56:42.760 --> 00:56:43.829
(SULLY GRUNTS)

1054
00:56:45.320 --> 00:56:47.256
KELLY: Can we get
a couple more blankets over here?

1055
00:56:47.280 --> 00:56:48.280
WOMAN: Thank you.

1056
00:56:48.480 --> 00:56:50.755
- Thank you so much.
- SULLY: You're welcome.

1057
00:56:51.240 --> 00:56:52.275
Give him some room.

1058
00:56:52.440 --> 00:56:53.714
You're welcome.

1059
00:57:12.000 --> 00:57:13.274
(PHONE RINGING)

1060
00:57:15.320 --> 00:57:16.355
Hello?

1061
00:57:16.520 --> 00:57:18.317
SULLY: I wanted to call to say I'm okay.

1062
00:57:18.480 --> 00:57:20.357
Oh, good. Are you still on the 5:50 home?

1063
00:57:20.520 --> 00:57:21.635
There's been an incident.

1064
00:57:22.440 --> 00:57:24.829
I'm okay, not a scratch somehow.

1065
00:57:25.320 --> 00:57:26.594
Turn on the television.

1066
00:57:26.880 --> 00:57:29.030
What do you mean "Turn on the television"?

1067
00:57:29.360 --> 00:57:30.679
Lorrie, I can't talk right now.

1068
00:57:30.880 --> 00:57:33.030
I will call you from the pier
when things quiet down.

1069
00:57:34.520 --> 00:57:37.159
I had to land in the Hudson.

1070
00:57:38.360 --> 00:57:40.555
(STUTTERING) Sully, I don't understand.

1071
00:57:40.960 --> 00:57:44.555
I love you, and I'm okay.
Tell the girls I am okay.

1072
00:57:46.400 --> 00:57:47.992
But I have to go.

1073
00:57:50.120 --> 00:57:51.712
Girls, turn on the TV.

1074
00:57:54.400 --> 00:57:56.640
FEMALE NEWSCASTER:
An extensive rescue effort is underway

1075
00:57:56.680 --> 00:57:59.877
after a US Airways Flight
crashes into the Hudson River,

1076
00:58:00.080 --> 00:58:02.594
- sending passengers scrambling for safety.
- Oh, my God.

1077
00:58:05.960 --> 00:58:08.599
(INDISTINCT
ANNOUNCEMENTS ON PA)

1078
00:58:20.920 --> 00:58:22.114
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

1079
00:58:24.240 --> 00:58:25.696
If you have any wet clothing on,
take it off

1080
00:58:25.720 --> 00:58:27.915
and wrap up in a blanket
from the Red Cross.

1081
00:58:38.440 --> 00:58:40.431
You're gonna be okay. Okay, Lucille?

1082
00:58:40.600 --> 00:58:43.068
I'm gonna take you right
to the ambulance, all right?

1083
00:58:46.000 --> 00:58:48.275
ROB: Maybe he's here.
Maybe he beat us somehow.

1084
00:58:48.840 --> 00:58:51.673
There's lots of boats! Jeff!

1085
00:58:54.240 --> 00:58:55.240
DAN: Sully!

1086
00:58:55.480 --> 00:58:56.515
SULLY: Dan!

1087
00:59:00.200 --> 00:59:03.875
Dan, I need to know who's hurt
and how badly, and I need a count.

1088
00:59:04.040 --> 00:59:06.679
155, that's my number.
That's passengers and crew.

1089
00:59:06.840 --> 00:59:08.319
Okay. How are you?

1090
00:59:08.520 --> 00:59:11.034
I'll answer that question
when we've counted 155.

1091
00:59:11.200 --> 00:59:12.269
All right.

1092
00:59:12.480 --> 00:59:14.232
Honey, it's me.

1093
00:59:15.360 --> 00:59:17.510
Sort of. I won't be home tonight.

1094
00:59:18.200 --> 00:59:19.200
(CHUCKLES)

1095
00:59:19.360 --> 00:59:21.999
Sherri, I cannot believe
I am talking to you.

1096
00:59:22.320 --> 00:59:24.151
(REPORTERS CLAMORING)

1097
00:59:28.520 --> 00:59:31.193
Captain. I'm here to escort you
to meet with Mayor Bloomberg

1098
00:59:31.360 --> 00:59:32.918
and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly.

1099
00:59:33.080 --> 00:59:35.096
If the Mayor wants to say hello,
he'll have to come down here.

1100
00:59:35.120 --> 00:59:36.120
We're still working.

1101
00:59:36.280 --> 00:59:38.396
Sully, I can keep assembling the count.

1102
00:59:39.040 --> 00:59:40.040
Jeff.

1103
00:59:40.200 --> 00:59:42.191
Jeff, I need a count.
We've gotta have a count.

1104
00:59:42.360 --> 00:59:44.216
There's no way to get
a real count out here, Sully.

1105
00:59:44.240 --> 00:59:45.240
Sully, Jeff's right.

1106
00:59:45.400 --> 00:59:47.376
Let's get you in some dry clothes
before you freeze to death.

1107
00:59:47.400 --> 00:59:50.256
Captain, what if the Mayor and Chief Kelly
come down here to meet with you?

1108
00:59:50.280 --> 00:59:52.157
Dan, because it was a domestic flight...

1109
00:59:52.320 --> 00:59:53.673
Yeah, we got no manifest.

1110
00:59:53.840 --> 00:59:56.559
We're gonna have to track
the passenger information down one by one.

1111
00:59:56.720 --> 00:59:57.994
- Can you help?
- Yeah.

1112
00:59:58.160 --> 01:00:00.256
I'm gonna call John Carey.
We're gonna get you a count.

1113
01:00:00.280 --> 01:00:02.840
But, Sully, listen. You've done enough.
Let me take it from here.

1114
01:00:10.520 --> 01:00:11.748
(CELL PHONE RINGING)

1115
01:00:14.480 --> 01:00:16.550
- Jeff?
- JEFF: Pop!

1116
01:00:16.720 --> 01:00:17.835
- Oh!
- I'm okay.

1117
01:00:18.000 --> 01:00:20.000
I was on the other wing.
They brought us to Jersey.

1118
01:00:20.400 --> 01:00:23.392
I couldn't see you. I couldn't find you.

1119
01:00:23.560 --> 01:00:25.480
I could hear you shouting
my name the whole time.

1120
01:00:26.640 --> 01:00:28.358
I shouted back. I guess the river...

1121
01:00:28.880 --> 01:00:29.880
Are you okay?

1122
01:00:30.040 --> 01:00:31.314
(SOBBING) I love you, son.

1123
01:00:33.120 --> 01:00:34.917
I love you, too.

1124
01:00:35.880 --> 01:00:37.552
(LAUGHS) Can you believe we made it?

1125
01:00:40.000 --> 01:00:41.718
I mean, the plane crashed

1126
01:00:41.880 --> 01:00:43.677
- on the river!
- (CHUCKLES)

1127
01:00:43.960 --> 01:00:45.439
Are you kidding me?

1128
01:00:46.000 --> 01:00:47.149
(LAUGHING)

1129
01:00:49.640 --> 01:00:50.640
Ah, so unbelievable.

1130
01:01:08.320 --> 01:01:11.517
I've never been so happy
to be in New York in my life.

1131
01:01:23.000 --> 01:01:24.000
Hey, Patty.

1132
01:01:24.320 --> 01:01:25.594
Supe sent me looking for you.

1133
01:01:25.760 --> 01:01:27.239
Everyone's going nuts up top.

1134
01:01:27.400 --> 01:01:29.595
- Aren't you coming?
- I guess you didn't hear.

1135
01:01:29.760 --> 01:01:32.228
I lost Cactus 1549 in the Hudson.

1136
01:01:33.000 --> 01:01:36.151
Huh. I guess you haven't heard.
He landed the son of a bitch!

1137
01:01:36.440 --> 01:01:37.668
- (LAUGHS)
- What?

1138
01:01:37.880 --> 01:01:40.269
Everyone's been pulled off.
It's a miracle!

1139
01:01:40.440 --> 01:01:42.317
(SOFTLY) I thought I lost them all.

1140
01:01:42.480 --> 01:01:44.596
- They've got to get a TV in here.
- Yeah. Seriously.

1141
01:01:47.080 --> 01:01:49.230
What is my pulse rate?

1142
01:01:49.840 --> 01:01:51.432
It's 110.

1143
01:01:52.160 --> 01:01:54.037
My normal resting is 55.

1144
01:01:54.200 --> 01:01:55.428
110...

1145
01:01:56.240 --> 01:01:57.559
That's not good.

1146
01:01:57.720 --> 01:02:00.234
You are right. 110 is not good.

1147
01:02:00.440 --> 01:02:03.716
After what you just went through,
110 is extraordinary.

1148
01:02:03.880 --> 01:02:05.677
How is Doreen?

1149
01:02:05.840 --> 01:02:07.273
Fairly severe laceration.

1150
01:02:07.440 --> 01:02:09.216
But we'll keep her a day or two
to stem the infection.

1151
01:02:09.240 --> 01:02:10.355
But she'll be okay?

1152
01:02:10.520 --> 01:02:12.875
She'll have a scar
and a hell of a story to tell.

1153
01:02:13.080 --> 01:02:14.216
Although no one'll believe her.

1154
01:02:14.240 --> 01:02:16.656
Hell, I'm standing here with you right now
and I don't believe it.

1155
01:02:16.680 --> 01:02:18.496
You landed a plane on the Hudson.
Not a scratch on you.

1156
01:02:18.520 --> 01:02:19.555
Arnie.

1157
01:02:20.960 --> 01:02:23.758
The union is pulling out
all the big guns today, huh?

1158
01:02:25.240 --> 01:02:26.559
Talked to Dan Britt, Sully.

1159
01:02:27.680 --> 01:02:28.954
Got a count.

1160
01:02:29.960 --> 01:02:31.234
155.

1161
01:02:33.920 --> 01:02:35.148
155.

1162
01:02:35.320 --> 01:02:36.514
It's official.

1163
01:02:36.760 --> 01:02:38.751
- 155.
- 155.

1164
01:02:42.920 --> 01:02:44.319
(SIGHS) 155.

1165
01:02:44.920 --> 01:02:46.558
Thank you, Arnie.

1166
01:03:18.440 --> 01:03:20.271
- Hey, Carl.
- CARL: Jeff.

1167
01:03:21.440 --> 01:03:22.793
- Sully.
- Carl.

1168
01:03:22.960 --> 01:03:24.800
Hell of a thing you pulled off
out there today.

1169
01:03:24.880 --> 01:03:25.915
Well, we're here.

1170
01:03:26.080 --> 01:03:27.957
It's about all I know at the moment.

1171
01:03:28.440 --> 01:03:30.032
Oh, this is Ms. May, with the hotel.

1172
01:03:30.240 --> 01:03:31.720
Wanted to have a quick word with you.

1173
01:03:31.800 --> 01:03:33.160
I won't take your time, gentlemen.

1174
01:03:33.240 --> 01:03:34.456
This is only to say that my staff and I

1175
01:03:34.480 --> 01:03:35.856
are committed to protecting your privacy.

1176
01:03:35.880 --> 01:03:38.394
So, if there's anything I can do at all...

1177
01:03:38.560 --> 01:03:41.711
If it's possible, I'd love to have
my uniform dry-cleaned overnight.

1178
01:03:41.920 --> 01:03:43.320
It's the only clothing that I have.

1179
01:03:43.480 --> 01:03:44.480
Dry-cleaning?

1180
01:03:44.640 --> 01:03:46.232
If it's too much... If it's too late...

1181
01:03:46.400 --> 01:03:47.549
Are you kidding?

1182
01:03:47.760 --> 01:03:50.593
Captain Sullenberger,
I'd give you this whole hotel if I could.

1183
01:03:53.320 --> 01:03:54.389
Oh, okay.

1184
01:03:55.440 --> 01:03:57.590
Well, thank you, Evelyn.
Thank you very much.

1185
01:03:57.760 --> 01:03:59.591
- Anything for Sully.
- Okay.

1186
01:03:59.760 --> 01:04:01.159
Have a blessed day.

1187
01:04:03.600 --> 01:04:04.953
What just happened?

1188
01:04:05.120 --> 01:04:07.350
You just got hugged by a total stranger.

1189
01:04:08.760 --> 01:04:10.273
Ah, come on, Sully.

1190
01:04:10.440 --> 01:04:12.431
When's the last time you heard of someone

1191
01:04:12.600 --> 01:04:14.591
landing a jet plane on the water

1192
01:04:15.120 --> 01:04:16.439
and everybody lived?

1193
01:04:18.920 --> 01:04:19.955
Exactly.

1194
01:04:20.440 --> 01:04:24.115
I got shaving cream,
razor blades, toothpaste.

1195
01:04:25.480 --> 01:04:27.277
And new clothes.

1196
01:04:28.800 --> 01:04:30.836
What, did you think we were ninjas?

1197
01:04:31.000 --> 01:04:32.672
Kmart was the only store open.

1198
01:04:32.840 --> 01:04:34.136
It's Queens. It's 10:00 in the evening.

1199
01:04:34.160 --> 01:04:36.628
- You find a Brooks Brothers.
- (CHUCKLES) Yeah.

1200
01:04:38.120 --> 01:04:39.120
Sully.

1201
01:04:39.800 --> 01:04:41.552
What are you even still doing in uniform?

1202
01:04:41.800 --> 01:04:43.552
Ah. You know, I don't know.

1203
01:04:43.720 --> 01:04:47.315
Look, guys. It's been a long day.
Why don't you get some rest?

1204
01:04:47.480 --> 01:04:51.314
Mike Cleary will be over in the a.m.
and make sure you're both doing okay.

1205
01:04:52.120 --> 01:04:54.270
- Thank you, Carl.
- Yeah, thank you, Captain.

1206
01:04:55.040 --> 01:04:57.474
It's been a while since
New York had news this good.

1207
01:04:59.280 --> 01:05:00.640
Especially with an airplane in it.

1208
01:05:10.360 --> 01:05:11.839
I'll see you later, Sully.

1209
01:05:17.720 --> 01:05:18.720
(DOOR SHUTS)

1210
01:05:34.280 --> 01:05:37.590
KRISTINE: The word city officials
keep repeating is "timing."

1211
01:05:37.760 --> 01:05:40.877
The perfect timing of the NYPD scuba units

1212
01:05:41.080 --> 01:05:43.071
and of the ferry boat captains,

1213
01:05:43.240 --> 01:05:47.392
and of course, the inexplicably
precise timing of the pilot.

1214
01:05:47.560 --> 01:05:50.950
Captain "Sully" Sullenberger,
who, with almost no time,

1215
01:05:51.120 --> 01:05:53.350
became a man for all time.

1216
01:05:53.600 --> 01:05:54.680
This is Kristine Johnson...

1217
01:05:54.840 --> 01:05:55.840
The ti mi ng.

1218
01:05:56.040 --> 01:05:57.680
...reporting live from the Hudson River.

1219
01:05:57.800 --> 01:05:58.976
MALE NEWSCASTER: New York One Minute.

1220
01:05:59.000 --> 01:06:01.136
The coast guard released this new video
of Flight 1549

1221
01:06:01.160 --> 01:06:03.116
making its emergency landing
on the Hudson.

1222
01:06:03.280 --> 01:06:06.192
Meanwhile, the search is launched
for the engine of the aircraft.

1223
01:06:08.960 --> 01:06:10.552
Hey, Sully. Let me...

1224
01:06:17.720 --> 01:06:19.119
Come on. Answer.

1225
01:06:19.800 --> 01:06:20.915
Answer!

1226
01:06:21.760 --> 01:06:25.435
Larry, the CVR is in two days.
How fast can you arrange a favor?

1227
01:06:25.680 --> 01:06:26.715
Sully?

1228
01:06:26.960 --> 01:06:30.555
I know that Airbus has simulations
scheduled for the S22 sim at the factory.

1229
01:06:30.720 --> 01:06:34.315
But that's next week in Toulouse.
Can you get them to reschedule?

1230
01:06:34.480 --> 01:06:35.754
It's 1:30 in the morning.

1231
01:06:35.920 --> 01:06:37.040
I need you to make it happen

1232
01:06:37.240 --> 01:06:38.639
before we listen to the CVR.

1233
01:06:38.800 --> 01:06:40.756
Before our testimony is complete.

1234
01:06:40.920 --> 01:06:42.069
Why?

1235
01:06:42.760 --> 01:06:45.638
I have a right to see the simulations
and I have a feeling that

1236
01:06:45.800 --> 01:06:49.156
with human pilots and not a computer,
the results are going to be different.

1237
01:06:49.320 --> 01:06:51.754
What if they show the exact same result?

1238
01:06:53.080 --> 01:06:55.275
If they do,
then I'll hand you my wings myself.

1239
01:06:55.440 --> 01:06:56.793
It's all about the timing, Larry.

1240
01:06:56.960 --> 01:06:59.056
You can accomplish anything
if you're never in a hurry.

1241
01:06:59.080 --> 01:07:00.832
I sure as hell agree with that.

1242
01:07:01.000 --> 01:07:03.309
The CVR is on Wednesday. That's 36 hours.

1243
01:07:03.480 --> 01:07:04.799
Can you make it happen?

1244
01:07:04.960 --> 01:07:07.599
I'll try.
It's a lot of phone calls to make.

1245
01:07:07.760 --> 01:07:09.416
It's already 7:30
in the morning in France,

1246
01:07:09.440 --> 01:07:10.555
so you better get started.

1247
01:07:10.720 --> 01:07:12.597
Thank you, Larry. Thank you.

1248
01:07:25.040 --> 01:07:26.439
(CELL PHONE RINGING)

1249
01:07:31.400 --> 01:07:32.400
Hey, Lorrie.

1250
01:07:32.600 --> 01:07:35.672
LORRIE: Hi. I'm sorry to bother you
before the hearing.

1251
01:07:35.840 --> 01:07:38.274
Sweetheart, what happened?

1252
01:07:39.560 --> 01:07:45.271
I realized just now,
for the first time, that there were...

1253
01:07:46.200 --> 01:07:50.193
(VOICE BREAKING) There were 155 people
on that plane and you were one of them.

1254
01:07:51.560 --> 01:07:53.437
We almost lost you.

1255
01:07:54.080 --> 01:07:57.072
Yeah, but you didn't. I'm right here.

1256
01:07:58.720 --> 01:08:00.472
How are you holding up?

1257
01:08:00.680 --> 01:08:02.193
Oh, I'm holding up.

1258
01:08:02.360 --> 01:08:04.237
Please tell me this is almost over.

1259
01:08:04.760 --> 01:08:06.318
It's almost over.

1260
01:08:06.480 --> 01:08:07.515
Okay.

1261
01:08:07.680 --> 01:08:08.795
I love you.

1262
01:08:08.960 --> 01:08:10.359
I love you, too.

1263
01:08:10.560 --> 01:08:12.710
I'll call you when they're done with me.

1264
01:08:18.840 --> 01:08:20.068
(BREATH ING DEEPLY)

1265
01:08:33.600 --> 01:08:35.352
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

1266
01:08:41.360 --> 01:08:43.316
- Sully.
- Let's go, Larry.

1267
01:08:54.000 --> 01:08:56.355
- SKILES: Good morning, Sully.
- Jeff.

1268
01:08:56.920 --> 01:08:58.536
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen,
and welcome.

1269
01:08:58.560 --> 01:08:59.709
My name is Charles Porter.

1270
01:08:59.920 --> 01:09:02.559
I've been assigned by the
National Transportation Safety Board

1271
01:09:02.760 --> 01:09:05.069
to conduct this public hearing here today.

1272
01:09:05.400 --> 01:09:07.152
We have a lot of material to cover.

1273
01:09:07.720 --> 01:09:10.393
But before we listen to
the cockpit voice recording...

1274
01:09:10.560 --> 01:09:12.480
And we will be listening to it
for the first time

1275
01:09:12.600 --> 01:09:14.079
along with you, gentlemen.

1276
01:09:14.240 --> 01:09:17.596
Per the request of
Captain Sullenberger and the union,

1277
01:09:17.760 --> 01:09:19.990
Airbus has agreed to link us via satellite

1278
01:09:20.160 --> 01:09:22.230
to today's piloted simulations.

1279
01:09:22.400 --> 01:09:24.072
Upload link, please.

1280
01:09:24.920 --> 01:09:26.600
(WHISPERS)
They're just simulations, Sully.

1281
01:09:26.760 --> 01:09:28.990
Won't change my mind
about what happened up there.

1282
01:09:29.680 --> 01:09:31.398
Might change theirs.

1283
01:09:31.600 --> 01:09:32.794
(BEEPING)

1284
01:09:41.000 --> 01:09:42.035
FEMALE PILOT 1: Birds.

1285
01:09:43.960 --> 01:09:45.640
Number one's rolling back. And number two.

1286
01:09:45.760 --> 01:09:47.120
- Auto pilot's off.
- (ALARM BEEPS)

1287
01:09:47.440 --> 01:09:49.476
- Pilot off.
- Flight Director's off.

1288
01:09:49.640 --> 01:09:50.789
Flight Director is off.

1289
01:09:50.960 --> 01:09:53.758
All right. LaGuardia, Cactus 1549,
dual engine failure.

1290
01:09:53.960 --> 01:09:55.279
We have to return to the field.

1291
01:09:55.440 --> 01:09:58.113
Okay. I'm gonna left turn
back to LaGuardia 1 -3.

1292
01:09:58.280 --> 01:10:00.320
FEMALE PILOT 1:
I'll activate the approach for you.

1293
01:10:00.840 --> 01:10:02.353
It's activated.

1294
01:10:02.520 --> 01:10:03.953
Runway 1-3.

1295
01:10:06.120 --> 01:10:07.997
Glide slopes coming in nicely.

1296
01:10:08.760 --> 01:10:10.716
- Flaps two.
- Flaps two.

1297
01:10:12.040 --> 01:10:13.712
Sink Rate 900.

1298
01:10:15.640 --> 01:10:16.640
(ALARM BEEPS)

1299
01:10:16.840 --> 01:10:18.558
AUTOMATED VOICE: Too low, flaps.

1300
01:10:19.040 --> 01:10:20.473
Flight slow.

1301
01:10:20.640 --> 01:10:22.119
Too low, flaps.

1302
01:10:22.320 --> 01:10:25.517
Forty, 30, 20...

1303
01:10:33.040 --> 01:10:36.191
Successful landing
at LaGuardia, runway 1-3.

1304
01:10:37.640 --> 01:10:38.640
For the record,

1305
01:10:38.880 --> 01:10:41.872
the pilots and the computer
sims bear the same result.

1306
01:10:43.160 --> 01:10:45.355
Let's try for T eterboro now, please.

1307
01:10:46.480 --> 01:10:48.152
Upload the second run.

1308
01:10:52.560 --> 01:10:53.834
MALE PILOT 1: Birds.

1309
01:10:54.120 --> 01:10:55.758
(ALARMS BEEPING)

1310
01:10:58.600 --> 01:11:00.176
FEMALE PILOT 2: Give me a heading 3-1-0.

1311
01:11:00.200 --> 01:11:01.758
MALE PILOT 1: Heading 3-1-0.

1312
01:11:03.760 --> 01:11:05.320
I'm gonna give you direct to Teterboro.

1313
01:11:05.480 --> 01:11:06.800
FEMALE PILOT 2: Direct Teterboro.

1314
01:11:14.200 --> 01:11:15.400
AUTOMATED VOICE: One thousand.

1315
01:11:15.880 --> 01:11:17.108
Flaps two.

1316
01:11:17.280 --> 01:11:18.474
MALE PILOT 1: Flaps two.

1317
01:11:23.840 --> 01:11:25.720
- (BEEPING)
- AUTOMATED VOICE: Too low, terrain.

1318
01:11:25.840 --> 01:11:27.319
Too low, terrain.

1319
01:11:27.600 --> 01:11:28.919
Too low, terrain.

1320
01:11:30.240 --> 01:11:34.279
Fifty, 40, 30, 20...

1321
01:11:38.000 --> 01:11:40.468
FEMALE PILOT: Successful landing
at Teterboro, runway 1-9.

1322
01:11:44.600 --> 01:11:48.388
BEN: Multiple airports, runways,
two successful landings.

1323
01:11:49.920 --> 01:11:52.992
We are simply mimicking
what the computer already told us.

1324
01:11:53.760 --> 01:11:57.150
A lot of toes were stepped on
in order to set this up for today.

1325
01:12:00.320 --> 01:12:03.120
And frankly, I really don't know
what you gentlemen plan to gain by it.

1326
01:12:03.480 --> 01:12:05.596
Can we get serious now?

1327
01:12:07.400 --> 01:12:08.435
Captain?

1328
01:12:08.600 --> 01:12:10.336
We've all heard about
the computer simulations

1329
01:12:10.360 --> 01:12:12.920
and now we are watching actual sims.

1330
01:12:13.080 --> 01:12:15.230
But I can't quite believe

1331
01:12:16.120 --> 01:12:20.352
you still have not taken
into account the human factor.

1332
01:12:20.720 --> 01:12:22.039
Human piloted simulations

1333
01:12:22.200 --> 01:12:24.160
showed that you could
make it back to the airport.

1334
01:12:24.520 --> 01:12:25.794
No, they don't.

1335
01:12:26.480 --> 01:12:29.119
These pilots were not behaving
like human beings,

1336
01:12:29.320 --> 01:12:31.788
like people who are experiencing this
for the first time.

1337
01:12:31.960 --> 01:12:33.680
Well, they may not be reacting
like you did.

1338
01:12:33.760 --> 01:12:35.352
Immediately after the bird strike

1339
01:12:35.520 --> 01:12:37.078
they are turning back for the airport.

1340
01:12:37.240 --> 01:12:39.196
Just as in the computer sims, correct?

1341
01:12:39.360 --> 01:12:40.360
That is correct.

1342
01:12:40.520 --> 01:12:43.796
They obviously knew the turn
and exactly what heading to fly.

1343
01:12:44.000 --> 01:12:45.319
They did not run a check.

1344
01:12:45.480 --> 01:12:46.833
They did not switch on the APU.

1345
01:12:47.000 --> 01:12:49.275
They had all the same
parameters that you faced.

1346
01:12:49.440 --> 01:12:51.078
No one warned us.

1347
01:12:52.200 --> 01:12:55.033
No one said,
"You are going to lose both engines

1348
01:12:55.200 --> 01:12:57.839
"at a lower altitude
than any jet in history.

1349
01:12:58.480 --> 01:12:59.629
"But be cool.

1350
01:12:59.800 --> 01:13:02.155
"Just make a left turn for LaGuardia

1351
01:13:02.320 --> 01:13:04.595
"like you're going back
to pick up the milk."

1352
01:13:05.240 --> 01:13:08.118
This was dual engine loss at 2,800 feet

1353
01:13:08.320 --> 01:13:10.470
followed by an immediate water landing

1354
01:13:10.640 --> 01:13:13.234
with 155 souls onboard.

1355
01:13:13.400 --> 01:13:17.188
No one has ever trained
for an incident like that.

1356
01:13:17.360 --> 01:13:18.360
No one.

1357
01:13:19.400 --> 01:13:22.676
The Teterboro landing,
with its unrealistic bank angle

1358
01:13:22.960 --> 01:13:25.235
we were not the Thunderbirds up there.

1359
01:13:25.760 --> 01:13:28.216
I'd like to know how many times
the pilot practiced that maneuver

1360
01:13:28.240 --> 01:13:30.310
before he actually pulled it off.

1361
01:13:31.600 --> 01:13:33.192
I'm not questioning the pilots.

1362
01:13:33.360 --> 01:13:34.793
They're good pilots.

1363
01:13:35.880 --> 01:13:38.872
But they've clearly been instructed
to head for the airport

1364
01:13:39.040 --> 01:13:40.837
immediately after the bird strike.

1365
01:13:41.360 --> 01:13:44.158
You've allowed no time for analysis
or decision-making.

1366
01:13:44.600 --> 01:13:48.513
In these simulations, you've taken
all of the humanity out of the cockpit.

1367
01:13:49.480 --> 01:13:53.553
How much time did the pilots
spend planning for this event?

1368
01:13:53.720 --> 01:13:55.278
For these simulations?

1369
01:13:58.760 --> 01:14:01.115
You are looking for human error.

1370
01:14:02.520 --> 01:14:04.238
Then make it human.

1371
01:14:09.200 --> 01:14:11.270
This wasn't a video game.

1372
01:14:11.440 --> 01:14:13.192
It was life and death.

1373
01:14:13.760 --> 01:14:15.910
Sully's right. That's worth a few seconds.

1374
01:14:16.080 --> 01:14:18.514
Please ask how many
practice runs they had.

1375
01:14:19.440 --> 01:14:20.919
(CLEARS THROAT) Seventeen.

1376
01:14:21.720 --> 01:14:23.073
(CROWD MURMURS)

1377
01:14:24.600 --> 01:14:25.794
(SIGHS)

1378
01:14:27.080 --> 01:14:28.798
Seventeen?

1379
01:14:30.040 --> 01:14:35.558
The pilot who landed at Teterboro
had 17 practice attempts

1380
01:14:35.720 --> 01:14:38.393
before the simulation we just witnessed.

1381
01:14:43.080 --> 01:14:45.799
Your reaction decision time
will be set at 35 seconds.

1382
01:14:47.480 --> 01:14:49.710
Thirty-five seconds.
That's not enough time.

1383
01:14:50.280 --> 01:14:52.953
We only had 208 seconds total,

1384
01:14:53.920 --> 01:14:55.239
so I'll take it.

1385
01:14:55.640 --> 01:14:56.914
BEN: Upload the link.

1386
01:14:57.080 --> 01:14:58.433
Return to LaGuardia.

1387
01:14:58.600 --> 01:15:01.160
Now with an added
35-second delay in response time.

1388
01:15:06.280 --> 01:15:08.416
FEMALE PILOT 1: Birds.
MALE PILOT 2: Okay, I saw them.

1389
01:15:08.440 --> 01:15:10.800
- Give me 35 seconds.
- FEMALE PILOT 1: Thirty-five seconds.

1390
01:15:17.920 --> 01:15:18.989
Time's up.

1391
01:15:19.200 --> 01:15:20.349
Here we go.

1392
01:15:21.760 --> 01:15:22.988
Flight path vector.

1393
01:15:28.600 --> 01:15:29.669
Going for 1 -3.

1394
01:15:29.840 --> 01:15:30.875
Okay.

1395
01:15:31.320 --> 01:15:32.560
MALE PILOT 2: Activate confirm.

1396
01:15:32.680 --> 01:15:34.830
FEMALE PILOT 1:
All right. You are confirmed.

1397
01:15:37.000 --> 01:15:38.960
MALE PILOT 2:
We're heading right for the airport.

1398
01:15:47.480 --> 01:15:48.880
AUTOMATED VOICE: Caution, obstacle.

1399
01:15:49.640 --> 01:15:51.119
Caution, obstacle.

1400
01:15:51.480 --> 01:15:53.835
FEMALE PILOT 1: We're about
seven miles from the runway.

1401
01:15:55.800 --> 01:15:57.518
AUTOMATED VOICE: Caution, obstacle.

1402
01:15:57.960 --> 01:15:59.552
- (RAPID BEEPING)
- Terrain, terrain.

1403
01:16:00.640 --> 01:16:02.039
- (ALARM BEEPING)
- Pull up.

1404
01:16:03.280 --> 01:16:04.280
Pull up.

1405
01:16:05.600 --> 01:16:06.600
Pull up.

1406
01:16:08.280 --> 01:16:09.280
Pull up.

1407
01:16:09.840 --> 01:16:11.671
Too low, terrain.

1408
01:16:12.160 --> 01:16:13.776
FEMALE PILOT 1:
We got a little extra speed.

1409
01:16:13.800 --> 01:16:14.835
You want some flaps?

1410
01:16:15.560 --> 01:16:16.993
AUTOMATED VOICE: Too low, terrain.

1411
01:16:17.160 --> 01:16:18.640
MALE PILOT 2: No, leave the flaps up.

1412
01:16:20.040 --> 01:16:21.758
AUTOMATED VOICE: Too low, terrain.

1413
01:16:22.040 --> 01:16:23.314
Too low, terrain.

1414
01:16:23.840 --> 01:16:25.034
Too low, terrain.

1415
01:16:26.200 --> 01:16:30.193
Fifty, 40, 30, 20...

1416
01:16:30.520 --> 01:16:31.873
(CRASH ING)

1417
01:16:43.760 --> 01:16:45.432
Let's try T eterboro.

1418
01:16:47.520 --> 01:16:48.748
Upload the link, please.

1419
01:16:52.680 --> 01:16:53.715
MALE PILOT 1: Birds.

1420
01:16:53.920 --> 01:16:55.696
FEMALE PILOT 2: Auto pilot off.
Flight Director off.

1421
01:16:55.720 --> 01:16:56.720
Hack the time.

1422
01:16:57.000 --> 01:16:59.281
- Thirty-five seconds.
- MALE PILOT 1:Thirty-five seconds.

1423
01:17:00.360 --> 01:17:02.032
MALE PILOT 1: Engine one and two fail.

1424
01:17:06.360 --> 01:17:07.360
Turn.

1425
01:17:07.760 --> 01:17:08.760
FEMALE PILOT 2: Okay.

1426
01:17:10.880 --> 01:17:12.711
FEMALE PILOT 2:
Let's see if we can make it.

1427
01:17:17.080 --> 01:17:18.400
MALE PILOT 1: Heading sub 2-9-8.

1428
01:17:18.480 --> 01:17:19.913
You seeing Teterboro out there?

1429
01:17:20.080 --> 01:17:21.274
FEMALE PILOT 2: I do.

1430
01:17:25.560 --> 01:17:27.039
Way too low.

1431
01:17:29.920 --> 01:17:31.717
AUTOMATED VOICE: Obstacle, obstacle.

1432
01:17:32.560 --> 01:17:33.879
- (ALARM BLARING)
- Pull up.

1433
01:17:34.920 --> 01:17:35.955
Pull up.

1434
01:17:36.920 --> 01:17:37.920
Pull up.

1435
01:17:39.080 --> 01:17:40.080
Pull up.

1436
01:17:41.440 --> 01:17:42.440
Pull up.

1437
01:17:43.840 --> 01:17:45.956
FEMALE PILOT 2:
Not gonna work, not gonna work.

1438
01:17:46.120 --> 01:17:47.120
AUTOMATED VOICE: Pull up.

1439
01:17:48.400 --> 01:17:49.400
Pull up.

1440
01:17:49.920 --> 01:17:51.751
- (CRASHING)
- Pull up.

1441
01:17:57.720 --> 01:17:59.438
(CROWD MURMURING)

1442
01:18:06.520 --> 01:18:09.273
Does anyone need to see more simulations?

1443
01:18:13.120 --> 01:18:15.839
Now that we've seen
what could have happened,

1444
01:18:16.040 --> 01:18:18.429
can we, uh, listen to what actually did?

1445
01:18:18.880 --> 01:18:21.838
We will look at all
the results at a later date.

1446
01:18:23.120 --> 01:18:24.314
Elizabeth.

1447
01:18:24.800 --> 01:18:25.994
For the record,

1448
01:18:26.160 --> 01:18:29.675
this is the CVR of US Airways Flight 1549,

1449
01:18:29.840 --> 01:18:32.115
January 15th, 2009.

1450
01:18:32.280 --> 01:18:34.714
Gentlemen, headsets.

1451
01:18:45.600 --> 01:18:47.192
(AIRCRAFT ENGINE REVVING)

1452
01:19:02.000 --> 01:19:03.000
Birds!

1453
01:19:04.080 --> 01:19:05.638
(CRASHING)

1454
01:19:09.880 --> 01:19:11.518
- (ENGINES SHUTTING DOWN)
- Shit.

1455
01:19:11.880 --> 01:19:13.108
Oh, yeah.

1456
01:19:14.680 --> 01:19:16.318
We got one rolling back.

1457
01:19:19.520 --> 01:19:21.795
We have both of them rolling back.

1458
01:19:26.240 --> 01:19:27.240
Ignition start.

1459
01:19:27.880 --> 01:19:29.233
(LOW RUMBLING)

1460
01:19:33.600 --> 01:19:34.874
I'm starting the APU.

1461
01:19:41.560 --> 01:19:43.152
- My aircraft.
- Your aircraft.

1462
01:19:43.640 --> 01:19:44.868
SULLY: Get out the QRH.

1463
01:19:45.040 --> 01:19:46.519
AUTOMATED VOICE: Priority left.

1464
01:19:46.680 --> 01:19:48.033
Loss of thrust on both engines.

1465
01:19:48.320 --> 01:19:50.390
Mayday, mayday, mayday.
This is Cactus 1549.

1466
01:19:50.560 --> 01:19:52.516
Hit birds.
We've lost thrust on both engines.

1467
01:19:52.720 --> 01:19:54.358
We are turning back towards LaGuardia.

1468
01:19:54.880 --> 01:19:56.176
PATRICK:
Okay, you need to return to LaGuardia?

1469
01:19:56.200 --> 01:19:57.872
- Turn left heading 2-2-0.
- 2-2-0.

1470
01:19:58.040 --> 01:20:00.474
- Which engine did you lose?
- Both. Both engines.

1471
01:20:10.080 --> 01:20:12.216
"If fuel remaining, engine mode,
select your ignition."

1472
01:20:12.240 --> 01:20:13.559
- Ignition.
- Ignition.

1473
01:20:13.720 --> 01:20:16.109
- Thrust levers, confirm idle.
- Idle.

1474
01:20:16.280 --> 01:20:18.669
Airspeed. Optimum relight, 300 knots.

1475
01:20:19.280 --> 01:20:21.669
- We don't have that.
- No, we don't.

1476
01:20:23.280 --> 01:20:25.120
PATRICK: Cactus 1549,
if we can get it for you,

1477
01:20:25.160 --> 01:20:26.600
do you wanna try to land runway 1-3?

1478
01:20:28.680 --> 01:20:31.035
We are unable.
We may end up in the Hudson.

1479
01:20:32.400 --> 01:20:35.198
Emergency electrical power,
emergency generator not online.

1480
01:20:35.360 --> 01:20:36.918
SULLY: Online.

1481
01:20:37.080 --> 01:20:39.878
ATC notified. Squawk 7700.

1482
01:20:40.040 --> 01:20:41.712
Distress message transmit. We did that.

1483
01:20:41.880 --> 01:20:44.758
PATRICK: Cactus 1549,
it's gonna be left traffic, runway 3-1.

1484
01:20:45.240 --> 01:20:46.240
Unable.

1485
01:20:46.440 --> 01:20:47.873
Okay. What do you need to land?

1486
01:20:48.040 --> 01:20:49.160
AUTOMATED VOICE: Wind shear.

1487
01:20:49.440 --> 01:20:51.271
FAC 1 off, then on.

1488
01:21:04.600 --> 01:21:06.750
Been 10 seconds, Captain. Come on.

1489
01:21:06.960 --> 01:21:08.154
Talk to me.

1490
01:21:08.320 --> 01:21:09.514
Cactus 1549,

1491
01:21:09.760 --> 01:21:12.558
runway 4's available if you wanna make
left traffic to runway 4.

1492
01:21:12.760 --> 01:21:14.240
I don't think we can make any runway.

1493
01:21:14.320 --> 01:21:16.276
Uh, what about over to our right?

1494
01:21:16.440 --> 01:21:17.976
Anything in New Jersey? Maybe T eterboro?

1495
01:21:18.000 --> 01:21:20.080
Okay, yeah.
Off your right side is Teterboro airport.

1496
01:21:20.680 --> 01:21:23.274
LaGuardia Departure,
got an emergency inbound.

1497
01:21:23.480 --> 01:21:25.136
CONTROLLER:
This is Teterboro tower. Go ahead.

1498
01:21:25.160 --> 01:21:27.116
Cactus 1549 over the GW Bridge.

1499
01:21:27.280 --> 01:21:28.736
Needs to go to the airport right now.

1500
01:21:28.760 --> 01:21:30.000
Check. Does he need assistance?

1501
01:21:30.160 --> 01:21:32.310
Yes. Bird strike.
Can I get him in for runway 1?

1502
01:21:39.480 --> 01:21:40.549
Cactus 1549, you wanna

1503
01:21:40.720 --> 01:21:42.440
- try and go to Teterboro?
- (ALARM BEEPING)

1504
01:21:43.000 --> 01:21:44.440
AUTOMATED VOICE: Obstacle. Obstacle.

1505
01:21:48.160 --> 01:21:49.673
Obstacle. Obstacle.

1506
01:21:51.160 --> 01:21:52.160
Pull up.

1507
01:21:52.320 --> 01:21:53.639
Clear of conflict.

1508
01:21:53.840 --> 01:21:56.601
"No relight after 30 seconds,
engine master one and two, confirm off."

1509
01:21:56.680 --> 01:21:57.680
Off.

1510
01:21:58.480 --> 01:21:59.993
"Wait 30 seconds."

1511
01:22:00.160 --> 01:22:01.639
AUTOMATED VOICE: Too low, terrain.

1512
01:22:02.280 --> 01:22:03.349
Too low, terrain.

1513
01:22:04.280 --> 01:22:05.280
Too low, terrain.

1514
01:22:05.960 --> 01:22:07.029
Too low, terrain.

1515
01:22:15.200 --> 01:22:16.679
This is the captain.

1516
01:22:17.320 --> 01:22:18.673
Brace for impact.

1517
01:22:22.040 --> 01:22:23.240
AUTOMATED VOICE: Five hundred.

1518
01:22:30.680 --> 01:22:32.352
PATRICK: Cactus 1549, turn right 2-8-0.

1519
01:22:32.520 --> 01:22:34.078
You can land runway one Teterboro.

1520
01:22:34.240 --> 01:22:35.514
We can't make it.

1521
01:22:35.720 --> 01:22:37.496
Okay. Which runway
would you like at Teterboro?

1522
01:22:37.520 --> 01:22:38.839
Go ahead. Try number one.

1523
01:22:39.000 --> 01:22:40.479
SKILES: Number one.

1524
01:22:40.720 --> 01:22:42.153
No relight.

1525
01:22:43.200 --> 01:22:44.520
We're gonna end up in the Hudson.

1526
01:22:44.680 --> 01:22:45.816
AUTOMATED VOICE: Too low, terrain.

1527
01:22:45.840 --> 01:22:47.360
PATRICK: I'm sorry. Say again, Cactus?

1528
01:22:48.400 --> 01:22:49.760
AUTOMATED VOICE: Too low, terrain.

1529
01:23:00.880 --> 01:23:03.075
All right, let's put the flaps out.
Put the flaps out.

1530
01:23:03.240 --> 01:23:04.240
Flaps out.

1531
01:23:04.400 --> 01:23:06.080
PATRICK: Cactus 1549, radar contact lost.

1532
01:23:06.200 --> 01:23:08.919
You also got Newark off your two o'clock
in about seven miles.

1533
01:23:09.080 --> 01:23:10.336
- SKILES: Got flaps out.
- (ALARM BEEPING)

1534
01:23:10.360 --> 01:23:12.032
Two hundred fifty feet in the air.

1535
01:23:17.680 --> 01:23:19.961
170 knots. Got no power on either one.
Try the other one.

1536
01:23:20.040 --> 01:23:21.040
Try the other one.

1537
01:23:21.240 --> 01:23:22.878
PATRICK: 1549? Still up?

1538
01:23:23.080 --> 01:23:24.520
SKILES: One hundred and fifty knots.

1539
01:23:24.880 --> 01:23:27.235
- Got flaps two. You want more?
- No. Let's stay at two.

1540
01:23:27.400 --> 01:23:28.896
PATRICK:
You got runway 2-9 available at Newark.

1541
01:23:28.920 --> 01:23:30.256
It'll be two o'clock in seven miles.

1542
01:23:30.280 --> 01:23:32.077
You got any ideas?

1543
01:23:32.600 --> 01:23:33.600
Actually not.

1544
01:23:33.760 --> 01:23:35.193
AUTOMATED VOICE: Terrain, terrain.

1545
01:23:35.400 --> 01:23:36.753
Pull up. Pull up.

1546
01:23:37.400 --> 01:23:38.960
- (ALARM CONTINUES BEEPING)
- Pull up.

1547
01:23:39.560 --> 01:23:40.560
Pull up.

1548
01:23:41.480 --> 01:23:42.480
Pull up.

1549
01:23:43.440 --> 01:23:44.440
Pull up.

1550
01:23:44.920 --> 01:23:45.920
Pull up.

1551
01:23:50.080 --> 01:23:51.308
We're gonna brace.

1552
01:23:51.640 --> 01:23:52.640
AUTOMATED VOICE: Pull up.

1553
01:23:52.920 --> 01:23:53.920
Thirty...

1554
01:23:58.120 --> 01:23:59.120
Twenty...

1555
01:23:59.480 --> 01:24:00.480
Pull up.

1556
01:24:15.480 --> 01:24:16.799
(AIRCRAFT RUMBLING)

1557
01:24:38.640 --> 01:24:41.677
I need to take a quick break.

1558
01:24:51.160 --> 01:24:52.513
(INDISTINCT)

1559
01:24:55.880 --> 01:24:57.518
What did you think?

1560
01:24:58.640 --> 01:25:01.359
Hearing the CVR just now?

1561
01:25:03.840 --> 01:25:05.671
Let me tell you what I think.

1562
01:25:07.720 --> 01:25:09.312
I'm just so damn proud.

1563
01:25:11.040 --> 01:25:13.838
And you, you were right there,
through all that distraction.

1564
01:25:14.040 --> 01:25:15.871
With so much at stake.

1565
01:25:18.400 --> 01:25:20.868
We did this together. We were a team.

1566
01:25:22.880 --> 01:25:24.074
Thanks, Sully.

1567
01:25:24.480 --> 01:25:26.596
- We did our job.
- We did our job.

1568
01:25:29.720 --> 01:25:31.233
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

1569
01:25:32.240 --> 01:25:33.240
(DOOR CLOSES)

1570
01:25:45.680 --> 01:25:47.671
Hey, you did good.

1571
01:25:48.240 --> 01:25:49.240
All right, folks.

1572
01:25:49.400 --> 01:25:50.896
I'd like to call this hearing
back to order.

1573
01:25:50.920 --> 01:25:52.592
If we could settle, please.

1574
01:25:54.560 --> 01:25:56.073
Take your seats.

1575
01:26:02.800 --> 01:26:04.916
That is honestly the first time

1576
01:26:05.080 --> 01:26:06.911
that I have listened to a crash recording

1577
01:26:08.000 --> 01:26:09.592
while actually sitting

1578
01:26:09.760 --> 01:26:11.398
with the captain and the first officer.

1579
01:26:14.160 --> 01:26:15.673
It's extraordinary.

1580
01:26:17.200 --> 01:26:19.714
That was no simulation.

1581
01:26:20.760 --> 01:26:22.113
No, it wasn't.

1582
01:26:23.760 --> 01:26:24.988
Gentlemen,

1583
01:26:25.560 --> 01:26:29.269
I want to inform you that
the left engine has been recovered.

1584
01:26:30.240 --> 01:26:32.595
We just received a comprehensive report.

1585
01:26:35.280 --> 01:26:36.952
There was extensive damage

1586
01:26:37.120 --> 01:26:39.588
to both the guide vanes
and fan blades of the engine.

1587
01:26:39.760 --> 01:26:42.558
Five compressor blades were fractured

1588
01:26:42.880 --> 01:26:46.793
and eight variable guide vanes missing.

1589
01:26:47.400 --> 01:26:49.197
So, no thrust?

1590
01:26:49.360 --> 01:26:50.429
As you testified,

1591
01:26:51.120 --> 01:26:53.270
it was completely destroyed.

1592
01:26:53.440 --> 01:26:55.635
The ACARS data was wrong.

1593
01:27:00.480 --> 01:27:03.278
I'd like to add something
on a personal note.

1594
01:27:03.880 --> 01:27:05.757
I can say with absolute confidence

1595
01:27:05.920 --> 01:27:08.912
that after speaking
with the rest of the flight crew,

1596
01:27:09.680 --> 01:27:12.274
with bird experts, aviation engineers,

1597
01:27:12.640 --> 01:27:15.279
after running through every scenario,

1598
01:27:15.440 --> 01:27:17.670
after interviewing each player,

1599
01:27:18.160 --> 01:27:20.594
there is still an "X" in this result

1600
01:27:21.480 --> 01:27:24.153
and it's you, Captain Sullenberger.

1601
01:27:24.320 --> 01:27:29.314
Remove you from the equation,
and the math just fails.

1602
01:27:31.000 --> 01:27:32.752
I disagree.

1603
01:27:34.320 --> 01:27:37.153
It wasn't just me. It was all of us.

1604
01:27:37.320 --> 01:27:40.118
It was Jeff and Donna
and Sheila and Doreen

1605
01:27:40.960 --> 01:27:44.509
and all of the passengers,
the rescue workers,

1606
01:27:44.680 --> 01:27:46.955
air traffic control,

1607
01:27:47.120 --> 01:27:49.509
ferry boat crews and the scuba cops.

1608
01:27:51.640 --> 01:27:53.471
We all did it.

1609
01:27:54.440 --> 01:27:56.510
We survived.

1610
01:27:59.960 --> 01:28:04.033
First Officer Skiles, is there
anything you'd like to add?

1611
01:28:05.520 --> 01:28:07.636
Anything you would have done differently

1612
01:28:08.840 --> 01:28:10.478
if you had to do it again?

1613
01:28:11.520 --> 01:28:12.714
Yes.

1614
01:28:13.320 --> 01:28:14.958
I would have done it in July.

1615
01:28:15.200 --> 01:28:16.428
(ALL LAUGHING)

1616
01:29:50.640 --> 01:29:52.312
MAN: 7F. 11F.

1617
01:29:52.480 --> 01:29:53.480
WOMAN: 9D.

1618
01:29:53.680 --> 01:29:54.680
1 C.

1619
01:29:54.840 --> 01:29:56.796
- 25B.
- 26B.

1620
01:29:57.120 --> 01:29:59.156
- 10B.
- 9A.

1621
01:29:59.320 --> 01:30:02.232
- 13C.
- 21A and B.

1622
01:30:02.800 --> 01:30:04.472
CHESLEY SULLENBERGER: 155 is a number,

1623
01:30:05.080 --> 01:30:08.550
but when you can put faces to it

1624
01:30:08.720 --> 01:30:13.077
and not just 155 faces,
but the other faces,

1625
01:30:13.240 --> 01:30:17.153
the wives, the daughters, the sons,
the fathers, the mothers, the brothers,

1626
01:30:17.680 --> 01:30:19.636
it gets to be a pretty big
number pretty quickly.

1627
01:30:19.960 --> 01:30:21.757
Th is is you r captai n speaki ng.

1628
01:30:22.000 --> 01:30:23.718
(ALL LAUGHING AND CHEERING)

1629
01:30:26.160 --> 01:30:31.359
I think today was as much and as good
for me and my crew as it was for you.

1630
01:30:31.680 --> 01:30:35.958
And because of the events
of January 15, 2009,

1631
01:30:36.120 --> 01:30:41.592
I'm convinced that we will be joined
in our hearts and in our minds forever.

1632
01:30:43.360 --> 01:30:44.509
(ALL APPLAUDING)

1633
01:31:37.160 --> 01:31:39.310
I am the keeper of the mail.

1634
01:31:40.080 --> 01:31:43.550
So I read when people
from across the country write to us.

1635
01:31:43.720 --> 01:31:47.315
And I open the letters
that come to our house from your families.

1636
01:31:47.520 --> 01:31:49.078
And I open the Christmas cards.

1637
01:31:49.240 --> 01:31:50.753
So, thank you so much

1638
01:31:50.920 --> 01:31:54.071
for the gratitude that you've
expressed to our families

1639
01:31:54.240 --> 01:31:56.595
and the letters and the cards

1640
01:31:56.760 --> 01:32:00.389
because they really do make
a difference to us as well.

1641
01:32:00.560 --> 01:32:01.879
So, thank you.

1642
01:32:02.120 --> 01:32:03.599
(ALL APPLAUDING)

1642
01:32:04.305 --> 01:32:10.514
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