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'Miracle on the Hudson' marks 16 years: Check out FOX 5 news coverage from 2009
Miracle on the Hudson: Jan. 15, 2009, news coverage
Check out our FOX 5 Flashback coverage of the "Miracle on the Hudson."
NEW YORK CITY - Wednesday marks 16 years since the "Miracle on the Hudson."
The backstory:
Back on Jan.
15, 2009, Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger managed to land U.S. Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River, near 42nd St., after losing engine power when the plane hit a flock of geese.
Rescue boats float next to a US Airways plane floating in the water after crashing into the Hudson River on Jan.
15, 2009. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
Sullenberger's actions, along with those of the Coast Guard, the FDNY, and over a dozen ferries, saved the lives of all 155 people onboard.
The incredible event turned Sullenberger into a national hero and inspired the 2016 biographical drama film "Sully," starring Tom