Hero's homecoming for Hudson crash pilot

Hundreds of people holding signs and waving American flags cheered wildly to honour the pilot who safely landed a US Airways jet in New York’s Hudson River.

Hundreds of people holding signs and waving American flags cheered wildly to honour the pilot who safely landed a US Airways jet in New York’s Hudson River.

Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger was given a hero’s welcome in the San Francisco suburb of Danville, California, where he lives, complete with a marching band.

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