wow factor

The back doors of an Airbus A320 are useless in wet landings.
Source: Wet Landings

Verification: Mr. Zuhoski - Hudson surviver

Many passengers rushed toward the back, thinking that was where the emergency exits were, Mr. Zuhoski said, but that part of the fuselage seemed to be sinking, and flooding, faster.

Bravo to all involved on the Hudson River

Update: Could the Media, Politicians and Talking Heads stop using the word Miracle in relation to this incident.

Training, skill, judgment, decisiveness, teamwork and professionalism are the reasons no lives were lost.

Update: What a mess!.The wreckage of US Airways Flight 1549 was lifted from the waters the Hudson River in lower Manhattan late Saturday