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Chesley B. Sullenberger is most famous for landing flight 1549 US AIRWAYS in the Hudson River on Jan. 15th, 2009. A flock of birds hit the planes engines. With both engines out, unable to fly back to the airport, pilot "sully" decided to land it in the river. All passengers were saved. Sullenberger is now a well known American hero.

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