Charlie (Colorado)
2009-02-07 07:20:09
Rand, you’r off base here. Flying the plane, picking the only real landing opportunity, successfully ditching the plane (the first time ever with a commercial jetliner, I beieve) — those were doing his job.
Sounding as calm as he did on the radio in the face of fear, not letting the fear overcome him? That’s courage.
Walking the aidle of an airplane sinking in the ice-cold Hundon — twice — to make sure he was really the last one off: heroism.
