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ABC had anchor Charles Gibson sit down with the crew of USAirways Flight 1549 plus a pair from the Waterway ferry that picked up passengers from the icy waters of the Hudson River off midtown Manhattan. Ferry captain Vince Lombardi recounted the delicacy of the rescue: "If I had hit the wing I probably would have disturbed the whole plane. I probably would have rocked it and people would have fallen off. Then we would have had an actual full water rescue on our hands."
Flight attendant Doreen Welsh told NBC's Tom Costello about panic inside the cabin: "A passenger knocked me over and went just wildly. I mean she was just frantic and she said Open the Door! Open the Door! and she cracked the door. I had to take her and get her away but she had put it up just enough that broke the seal and water came gushing in."
On CBS, anchor Katie Couric focused on the personal toll for pilot Chesley Sullenberger. His wife Lori called him "a changed man" after the accident. "It has been intense. It has been a blur. You know, the investigation, the first few days were difficult," Sullenberger recalled. He described returning home to his family: "I was not able to connect with them emotionally right away the way I hoped I would."
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