It’s been a great week for picture agency Reuters. First the attribution of Jim Young’s Obama photograph. And now their photographer Gary Hershorn took the picture which made the front page of both The New York Times and New York Post in what is rightly being called ”The Miracle on The Hudson”.
For those who never watch the news or read a paper, the miraculous tale of survival came when pilot Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III made an astonishing controlled crash landing into the frigid Hudson River after a flock of birds knocked out both engines 15 minutes after takeoff. All 155 people on board were rescued with the most severe injury being a broken leg.
In this picture, airline passengers wait to board one of the dozens of boats that sped to the crash within minutes, further saving the passengers from hypothermia in the sub-freezing temperature.
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