A New York-based paramedic from Ireland has saved a woman from drowning in the city’s Hudson River.

The hero pilot who guided a disabled jet to an emergency landing in the Hudson River is offering his pilot’s cap to help two California schools.

A black box recording of the moments leading up to the crash of a passenger jet in a New York river has revealed the pilot calmly announced “we are gonna be in the Hudson” before downing the plane in the icy waters.