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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but the issue is simply it is still in our national interest and the president of the united states, i think unfortunately, has never chosen to explain to the american people why afghanistan is in our vital interest and why staying there is important to us. yep. and that also contributes to the poll rating. right. well, yeah because part of his campaign message and certainly his message as president was that we were just coming home. general jack keene, always great to get your insights sir. see you soon. good talking tour gretchen. more piece of the wreckage found in that airasia flight. and new details about whether that flight route was actually ever approved. and what they are now doing in hopes of preventing disasters like this in the future. and talk about cabin pressure, why passenengers aboard one flight interest stuck on the tarmac, not one hour not two, 12 hours. and it s only january 5th but a lot of people have already broken their new year s resolutions that br