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U.S. Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River on January 15, 2009.
Monday, Jan. 19, 2009

Open quoteDaddy, the plane turned into a boat.Close quote

  • MARTIN SOSA,
  • a New Yorker who was with his family on the US Airways flight that ditched in the Hudson River, quoting his 4-year-old daughter's reaction to the emergency landing
Photo: Brendan McDermid / Reuters | Source: NEW YORK TIMES