Front page of the Daily News for January 16, 2009, headline (01 of25)
Open Image ModalUNITED STATES - JANUARY 16: Front page of the Daily News for January 16, 2009, headline reads: Hero of the Hudson, Pilot saves 155 as he lands jet in frigid New York river., photo of pilot Chesley Sullenberger (Photo by NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images) (credit:New York Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
US Airways Passenger Jet Crashes Into Hudson River By NYC(02 of25)
Open Image ModalNEW YORK - JANUARY 15: Rescue crews secure a US Airways flight 1549 floating in the water after it crashed into the Hudson River January 15, 2009 in New York City. The Airbus 320 craft crashed shortly after take-off from LaGuardia Airport heading to Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images) (credit:Chris McGrath via Getty Images)
US Airways Passenger Jet Crashes Into Hudson River By NYC(03 of25)
Open Image ModalNEW YORK - JANUARY 15: Rescue boats float next to a US Airways plane floating in the water after crashing into the Hudson River in the afternoon on January 15, 2009 in New York City. The Airbus 320 flight 1549 crashed shortly after take-off from LaGuardia Airport heading to Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Jerritt Clark/Getty Images) (credit:Jerritt Clark via Getty Images)
US Airways Flight 1549 Crashes in Hudosn River. Shivering, w(04 of25)
Open Image ModalUNITED STATES - JANUARY 15: US Airways Flight 1549 Crashes in Hudosn River. Shivering, wet passengers in life jackets, including Claudette Mason of Memphis, pull up to World Yacht pier at 40th St. in Manhattan aboard FDNY marine Unit Rescue 1. (Photo by John Roca/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images) (credit:New York Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
US Airways Flight 1545 - Hudson River(05 of25)
Open Image ModalUS Airways Flight 1549 crashes in Hudson River. EMS personnel remove passenger from the downed plane at West 23rd street and West Side Highway. Airbus A320-214 flying this route struck a flock of Canada Geese during its initial takeoff, lost engine power and landed in the Hudson River off Midtown Manhattan.(Photo By: John Roca/NY Daily News via Getty Images) (credit:New York Daily News via Getty Images)
Crash of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River near W. (06 of25)
Open Image ModalUNITED STATES - JANUARY 15: Crash of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River near W. 42St. A firefighter helps Claudette Mason after being brought to pier. (Photo by Andrew Savulich/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images) (credit:New York Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
Passengers, Crew Of US Airways Flight 1549 Celebrate 5th Anniversary Of Miracle Landing(07 of25)
Open Image ModalNEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 15: Chesley \'Sully\' Sullenberger, a retired airline captain famous for landing a commercial jet on the Hudson River, celebrates the five-year anniversary of \'The Miracle on the Hudson\' on January 15, 2014 in New York City. On January 15, 2009, Sullenberger took off from La Guardia airport while piloting US Airways Flight 1549 with 150 passengers and five crew members. The plane hit a goose shortly after take off, forcing Sullenberger to land the plane in the Hudson River; no one was killed. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) (credit:Andrew Burton via Getty Images)
Miracle On Hudson Plane Survivors Commemorate 1-Year Anniversary Of Landing(08 of25)
Open Image ModalNEW YORK - JANUARY 15: Crew, rescuers and passengers of US Airways flight 1549 are taken out to the site of the crash during a reunion to mark the one year anniversary on January 15, 2010 in New York, New York. Captain Chesley Sullenberger ditched the plane successfully in the Hudson River saving the lives everyone on board. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images) (credit:Chris McGrath via Getty Images)
Danville Holds Celebration For US Airways Pilot Chesley Sullenberg(09 of25)
Open Image ModalDANVILLE, CA - JANUARY 24: A crowd of people gathers to honor US Airways pilot Chelsey B. Sullenberger III at a celebration in his honor January 24, 2009 in Danville, California. Captain Sullenberger, who has been hailed as a hero, was honored for guiding his crippled airliner to safe landing in the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 on board January 15. (Photo by David Paul Morris/Getty Images) (credit:David Paul Morris via Getty Images)
Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger visits Charlotte schoolkids(10 of25)
Open Image ModalElizabeth Anthony, far right, and her classmates from Cannon School show their thanks for Capt. Chesley \'Sully\' Sullenberger outside the Carolinas Aviation Museum on Friday, November 18, 2011, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Elizabeth\'s father was a passenger on US Airways jet flight 1549 that crash-landed in the Hudson River. The students are studying heroes and selected Sullenberger as their choice in honor of Elizabeth\'s father. (Todd Sumlin/Charlotte Observer/MCT via Getty Images) (credit:Charlotte Observer via Getty Images)
Danville Holds Celebration For US Airways Pilot Chesley Sullenberg(11 of25)
Open Image ModalDANVILLE, CA - JANUARY 24: A crowd of people gathers to honor US Airways pilot Chelsey B. Sullenberger III at a celebration in his honor January 24, 2009 in Danville, California. Captain Sullenberger, who has been hailed as a hero, was honored for guiding his crippled airliner to safe landing in the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 on board January 15. (Photo by David Paul Morris/Getty Images) (credit:David Paul Morris via Getty Images)
Lawmakers Continue To Negotiate State Budget As Gov. Prepares Layoffs(12 of25)
Open Image ModalSACRAMENTO, CA - FEBRUARY 17: U.S. Airways pilot Chesley \'Sully\' Sullenberger (C) waves as he is honored during an event February 17, 2009 at the State Capitol in Sacramento, California. Sullenberger, a California resident, was honored by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (L) for his safe landing of an airliner on the Hudson River between New Jersey and New York last month after losing both engines to bird strikes (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) (credit:Justin Sullivan via Getty Images)
Passengers, Crew Of US Airways Flight 1549 Celebrate 5th Anniversary Of Miracle Landing(13 of25)
Open Image ModalNEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 15: Chesley \'Sully\' Sullenberger, a retired airline captain famous for landing a commercial jet on the Hudson River, celebrates the five year anniversary of \'The Miracle on the Hudson\' on January 15, 2014 in New York City. On January 15, 2009, Sullenberger took off from La Guardia airport while piloting US Airways Flight 1549 with 150 passengers and five crew members. The plane hit a goose shortly after take off, forcing Sullenberger to land the plane in the Hudson River; no one was killed. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) (credit:Andrew Burton via Getty Images)
(HR) Captain Chesley Sullenberger salutes the cadets as they march past him. At left is Lieutenant General John F. Regni, the Superintendent of the Air Force Academy. Captain Chesley Sully Sullenberge(14 of25)
Open Image Modal(HR) Captain Chesley Sullenberger salutes the cadets as they march past him. At left is Lieutenant General John F. Regni, the Superintendent of the Air Force Academy. Captain Chesley Sully Sullenberger III was honored today at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs with this year\'s Colonel James Jabara award for excellence in airmanship. Captain Sullenberger, 58, ditched US Airlines Flight 1549 safely into the Hudson River in New York, saving all on board. He is former US Air Force fighter pilot from California and graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1973. Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images) (credit:Helen H. Richardson via Getty Images)
Workers Lift US Airways Plane Out Of Hudson River(15 of25)
Open Image ModalNEW YORK - JANUARY 18: Emergency personnel stand under the right wing of the U.S. Airways Airbus A320 after it was lifted out of the Hudson River January 18, 2009 in New York City. U.S. Airways Flight 1549 crashed shortly after take-off from LaGuardia Airport heading to Charlotte, North Carolina on January 15, 2009. The National Transportation Safety Board has recovered the black box data and voice recorders that will help determine the cause of the crash. (Photo by Ramin Talaie/Getty Images) (credit:Ramin Talaie via Getty Images)
Workers Prepare To Lift The US Airways Plane Out Of Hudson River(16 of25)
Open Image ModalNEW YORK - JANUARY 17: The wing of US Airways Airbus 320 sticks out from the water surrounded by ice as workers prepare to lift the plane from the Hudson River on January 17, 2009 near Battery Park City in New York City. US Airways Flight 1549 crashed shortly after take-off from LaGuardia Airport heading to Charlotte, North Carolina on January 15, 2009. The National Transportation Safety Board hopes to recover the black box data, voice recorders and other important components that will help determine the cause of the crash. (Photo by Daniel Barry/Getty Images) (credit:Daniel Barry via Getty Images)
Capt. Sullenberger Returns To Cockpit Months After Hudson River Landing(17 of25)
Open Image ModalNEW YORK - OCTOBER 01: US Airway pilot Chesley \'Sully\' Sullenberger attends a news conference at LaGuardia Airport on his first official day back in the cockpit on October 1, 2009 in New York, New York. Sullenberger, will be back to piloting regular flights again following his emergency landing of a US Airways flight 1549 into the Hudson River after it lost power in both engines following a bird strike last January. Sullenberger will follow the same route he took on the day of the accident to Charlotte, N.C along with the same co-pilot Jeffrey Skiles who both flew up together from Charlotte in the morning. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (credit:Spencer Platt via Getty Images)
Safe Skies Act(18 of25)
Open Image ModalUNITED STATES - APRIL 12: Chesley \'Sully\' Sullenberger, center, a former airline pilot known for landing a plane in the Hudson River, speaks during a news conference in the Capitol to encourage the Safe Skies Act as an amendment to the FAA reauthorization bill, April 12, 2016. The amendment would require that cargo pilots are as sufficiently rested as passenger plane pilots. Pilots Bill Secord, right, of FedEx, and Michael Moody of UPS, also appear. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) (credit:Tom Williams via Getty Images)
Gov. Schwarzenegger Honors US Airways Pilot Chesley Sullenberger(19 of25)
Open Image ModalSACRAMENTO, CA - FEBRUARY 17: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (L) gives a flag and license plate to US Airways pilot Chesley Sullenberger February 17, 2009 at the State Capitol in Sacramento, California. US Airways pilot and California resident Chesley \'Sully\' Sullenberger was honored by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for his safe landing of a US Airways on the Hudson River in New York last month after losing both engines to bird strikes (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) (credit:Justin Sullivan via Getty Images)
Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger visits Charlotte schoolkids(20 of25)
Open Image ModalFor the first time since crash-landing in the Hudson River, Capt. Chesley \'Sully\' Sullenberger returns to the cockpit of US Airways jet flight 1549 at the Carolinas Aviation Museum on Friday, November 18, 2011, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Sullenberger was visiting as a guest of local schoolkids. (Todd Sumlin/Charlotte Observer/MCT via Getty Images) (credit:Charlotte Observer via Getty Images)
Passengers, Crew Of US Airways Flight 1549 Celebrate 5th Anniversary Of Miracle Landing(21 of25)
Open Image ModalNEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 15: Chesley \'Sully\' Sullenberger, a retired airline captain famous for landing a commercial jet on the Hudson River, along with passengers and crew members from the flight, raise glasses of champagne on a New York Waterway ferry in the middle of the Hudson River to celebrate the five year anniversary of \'The Miracle on the Hudson\' at a press conference and photo opportunity on January 15, 2014 in New York City. On January 15, 2009, Sullenberger took off from La Guardia airport while piloting US Airways Flight 1549 with 150 passengers and five crew members. The plane hit a goose shortly after take off, forcing Sullenberger to land the plane in the Hudson River; no one was killed. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) (credit:Andrew Burton via Getty Images)
1st Anniversary Of The Miracle On The Hudson(22 of25)
Open Image ModalNEW YORK - JANUARY 15: Passengers of US Airways flight 1549, celebrate the 1st anniversary of the Miracle On The Hudson with a toast on the Hudson River on January 15, 2010 in New York City. The US Airways plane crashed shortly after take-off from LaGuardia Airport heading to Charlotte, North Carolina and floated in the water after crashing into the Hudson River in the afternoon of January 15, 2009 in New York City. Captain Chesley Sullenberger ditched the plane successfully in the Hudson River that day saving the lives everyone on board. (Photo by Mike Coppola/FilmMagic) (credit:Mike Coppola via Getty Images)
Miracle On Hudson Plane Survivors Commemorate 1-Year Anniversary Of Landing(23 of25)
Open Image ModalNEW YORK - JANUARY 15: Crew, rescuers and passengers of US Airways flight 1549 make a toast at the exact time that the plane came to rest in the Hudson River during a reunion to mark the one year anniversary on January 15, 2010 in New York City. The US Airways plane crashed shortly after take-off from LaGuardia Airport heading to Charlotte, North Carolina and floated in the water after crashing into the Hudson River in the afternoon of January 15, 2009 in New York City. Captain Chesley Sullenberger ditched the plane successfully in the Hudson River that day saving the lives everyone on board. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images) (credit:Chris McGrath via Getty Images)
1st Anniversary Of The Miracle On The Hudson(24 of25)
Open Image ModalNEW YORK - JANUARY 15: A close up of cupcakes from the Passengers of US Airways flight 1549, celebrate the 1st anniversary of the Miracle On The Hudson with a toast on the Hudson River on January 15, 2010 in New York City. The US Airways plane crashed shortly after take-off from LaGuardia Airport heading to Charlotte, North Carolina and floated in the water after crashing into the Hudson River in the afternoon of January 15, 2009 in New York City. Captain Chesley Sullenberger ditched the plane successfully in the Hudson River that day saving the lives everyone on board. (Photo by Mike Coppola/FilmMagic) (credit:Mike Coppola via Getty Images)
"Sully" New York Premiere(25 of25)
Open Image ModalNEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 06: Retired airline captain Chesley \'Sully\' Sullenberger, director Clint Eastwood and actor Tom Hanks attend the \'Sully\' New York premiere at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center on September 6, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Jim Spellman/WireImage) (credit:Jim Spellman via Getty Images)