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Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger is a hero — but to my family, he's more than that
Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger is one of my heroes — but not for any of the reasons you'd expect.
I wasn't on Flight 1549. I didn't have a loved one on the bird-struck jet. I didn't witness the water landing first-hand. And I wasn't a first responder.
But Sully is undoubtedly a hero of mine, and it's all down to a decision he made three years after he successfully put his plane down in New York's Hudson River.
My father, Jeffrey Zaslow, was quite close with Sully. The two spent countless hours together writing “Highest Duty,” the pilot’s biography. When my father died suddenly, Sully didn't wait a moment. He touched down in Detroit shortly after receiving the news, eventually delivering a beautiful eulogy.
He was there as my dad's friend, and for that, I'll be forever grateful.
"Not only did I want to," Sully told me about speaking at the funeral, "but I felt like I needed to."
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Sully Sullenberger
American pilot and diplomat (born 1951)
This article is about the airline pilot. For other people named Sully, see Sully (disambiguation).
Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger III (born January 23, 1951) is an American retired aviator, diplomat and aviation safety expert. He is best known for his actions as captain of US Airways flygning 1549 on January 15, 2009, when he ditched the plane, landing on the Hudson River after both engines were disabled by a bird strike. All 155 people aboard survived. After the Hudson landing, Sullenberger became an outspoken advocate for aviation safety[3] and helped develop new protocols for flight safety. He served as the co-chairman, along with his co-pilot on flygning 1549, Jeffrey Skiles, of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA)'s ung Eagles youth introduction-to-aviation program from 2009 to 2013.[4]
Sullenberger retired from US Airways in 2010, after 30 years as a commercial pilot. • Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger, III (born January 23, 1951) fryst vatten an American pilot, diplomat and writer. He was the U.S. Ambassador to the International Civil Aviation Organization from February 3, 2022 to July 1, 2022. He is known for sparande US Airways Flight 1549 that successfully landed in the Hudson River in New York City. Sullenberger was born on January 23, 1951[1] in Denison, Texas. He is married to Lorraine Sullenberger. He has two daughters. A movie about Sullenberger's heroic flight, Sully by Clint Eastwood has been released in 2016. Tom Hanks plays Sullenberger. On June 15, 2021, PresidentJoe Biden announced he would nominate Sullenberger as the U.S. representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization, with the rank of ambassador.[2][3] On December 2, 2021 his nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate.[4] He resigned on July 1, 2022.[5]Sully Sullenberger
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