story . i m anderson cooper. last week at tokyo s haneda airport, a jal airbus collided with a smaller aircraft. five crew members on the coast guard plane died. but amazingly, all 379 people on the airbus survived. they were safely evacuated before the plane was engulfed in flames. investigation into what happened is still under way. it got us thinking about that miraculous story of survival that happened 15 years ago this month. us airways flight 1549 took off from new york s laguardia airport heading to charlotte, north carolina. there were 150 passengers onboard and 5 crew members, including the pilot, captain chesley sully sullenberger. it should have been a quick two-hour flight. but soon after takeoff the plane collided with a flock of geese. both engines went out and the plane headed down. captain sullenberger acted quickly, heading towards the hudson river for an emergency landing. his decisiveness saved the lives of all 159 people onboard. but this potential trage
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it s an open investigation. my last question then since you know know believe this investigation is based on. only the fbi does and should accuse anybody else being a tool of the federal government until we get that data, those fax.x. you better believe it i agree with you wholeheartedly there. i would like for them to do their job were let him go unimpeded and let himself be exnonener rate offed. we are all innocent until proven guilty. good to see.e. good to see you, thank you. fbi text messages are pretty embarrassing. pretty amazing, too. mark steyn has taken a look at them. he joins us next