| This account of the emergency landing of Flight 1549 was incredibly moving. I remember watching it on television, wondering how they could possibly survive. The book begins with how the day started for many of the passengers and crew, and then goes back to the life of the man who saved them all, Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger. After giving some background on bird strikes, the author provides a minute by minute account of the strike and landing. The calm and skill of the crew, the caring and compassion of some of the passengers all make for much more interesting reading than I anticipated. An interesting note: the chronology, included as in other entries in the Essential Events series, is a minute by minute chronology rather than day by day or year by year as in most books. |
