Hudson River Hero Captain Sullenberger Speaks to Women's Club
By: Meredith Hillgartner
Updated: January 11, 2013
"I knew from
experience that if I glided south on the river toward Manhattan," Sullenberger
said. That's where the ferry's were, in between New York and New Jersey and that
is where rescue would be possible."
Four years
after Captain Chesley Sullenberger safely landed his plane on the Hudson
River-he looks back at the event that made him an American hero.
"I get daily reminders," Sullenberger said. "But good ones of something
that happened that gave people hope. Where a lot of people came together and
did their jobs very well and saved a lot of lives."
Sulllenberger
said he now feels a sense of obligation to the American people who look up to
him.
"Unlike most stories this one didn't fade away at
the end of the news cycle," Sullenberger said. "because of how it happened, when it happened and how it
garnered people's attention and how they feel about it."
Since
retiring from the airline two years ago, Sullenberger has spent his time
writing books, consulting for CBS on air safety and giving speeches-like the
one he made Thursday night for the Lubbock Women's Club.
Sullenberger
said he holds no ill will towards Canada geese-the birds that caused his crash
and temporarily call Lubbock home.
"You know I
don't think they are stalking me," Sullenberger said. "It's not personal, they are just being
geese."
