On January 15, 2009 US Airways flight 1549 took off from New York’s LaGuardia Airport bound for Charlotte, North Carolina. Less than a minute after take off the pilot reported a “double bird strike” that caused both engines to fail. The pilot then proceeded to put the plane down into the Hudson River near Manhattan. The pilot made an extraordinary water landing, keeping the plane upright and afloat on the river. All 155 people on board, women and children first, made it out alive after walking out on to the wings of the floating plane. Good samaritans in form of tug boat and ferry captains were first responders to the scene, helping people off of the wings.

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