Well, yeah.... I do consider it a miracle is many ways... It was a miracle that the plane got enough altitude for the pilot to have some options.... It was a miracle that there weren't no boats blocking his runway... It was a miracle that there were ferries close by to pick everyone up... I think that's about all the miracles...

But, as fir the landin', that was all trainin'... I would like to think that if I had had more discipline and become a "licensed" pilot that I could have pulled off the same river landing... I think I could pull it off in a Piper of Cesna right now but the Piper but the landing gear would prolly flip the plane... Now a Piper Cherkee??? Different story... I think I could land it just the way that Sully did it... Okay, it wouldn't float as long... Maybe a minute or two... There wouldn't be any standin' on the wings waiting for the ferries...

But I'm glad that ther NTSB has validated my arguements by suggestin' that most trained pilots, if not all, would have done the same thing with the same results...

B~