Imagine boarding a flight, expecting nothing more than a typical journey. Yet, minutes after takeoff, your airplane plummets toward a freezing river. That was the terrifying reality for 155 people on US Airways Flight 1549, an event that would later be dubbed the "Miracle on the Hudson.
January 15, 2009, was a cold winter day in New York City when US Airways Flight 1549 took off from LaGuardia Airport, heading toward Charlotte, North Carolina.
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