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Captain Sully Sullenberger's Sudden Rise to Fame

Season 2 Episode 214
Aired on 11/10/2013 | CC tv-14
On January 15, 2009, Captain Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III, then an airline pilot for US Airways, saved 155 lives by landing his disabled plane in the Hudson River after a midair collision with a flock of geese. He and his family were instantly pulled from their quiet, ordinary lives into a whirlwind of media attention. Watch as Sully and his wife, Lorrie, explain how they handled the upheaval. Plus, find out why Sully says he's achieved "Santa Claus status."