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Few of the newscasts would qualify for work at the Vatican scrutinizing candidates for canonization. "Everyone says it is a miracle that everyone survived," declared the credulous Randall Pinkston on CBS, finding no physical explanation for what happened. "A terrifying flight turned into a miraculous rescue," asserted a similarly awestruck John Berman on ABC. "It really was a miraculous combination: the presence of mind, the nerve of the pilot to put that plane down in the water combined with the speed of the rescue." Then CBS' transportation correspondent Bob Orr (no link) chimed in from Washington: "It is not too strong to say this was a miracle." At least NBC's Mike Taibbi had the sense to throw in a modifier. He found "skill combined with near miraculous luck" producing a result "that was frankly astounding."
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