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
anand i mean i i wanted toto cr. i said - but he h hadn t bee watching the news. he didn t know what they re saying. tonight everyone calling that pilot a hero, saying he did everything right to keep everyone alive. it s just incredible. i hope he flies every flight i take from now on. this pilot, if this guy doesn t get the recognition he needs s it t s unbelievable. is the reason my daughter, my 2 1/2-year-old has a dad. it was the good news story of the year. this could turn out to be just quite an amazing, amazing miracle. for this to happen with such a positive outcome really speaks to just how much new york needed something to happen like this. new yorkers view it as, in a way, connected to 2001.