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NEW YORK — With
both engines out, a cool-headed pilot maneuvered his crowded jetliner
over New York City and ditched it in the frigid Hudson River on
Thursday, and all 155 on board were pulled to safety as the plane slowly
sank. It was, the governor said, "a miracle on the Hudson." One victim
suffered two broken legs, a paramedic said, but there were no other
reports of serious injuries.
The plane, a US Airways Airbus A320 bound for Charlotte, N.C., struck
a flock of birds during takeoff minutes earlier at LaGuardia Airport
and was submerged up to its windows in the river by the time rescuers
arrived in Coast Guard vessels and ferries. Some passengers waded in
water up to their knees, standing on the wing of the plane and waiting
for help. "He was phenomenal," passenger Joe Hart said. "He landed it — I tell you what — the impact wasn't a whole lot more than a rear-end (collision). It threw you into the seat ahead of you.
"Both engines cut out and he actually floated it into the river," he added.
In a city still wounded from the aerial attack on the World Trade Center, authorities were quick to assure the public that terrorism wasn't involved.
Police divers had to rescue some of the passengers from underwater, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. Among those on board was one infant who appeared to be fine, the mayor said.
Helen Rodriguez, a paramedic who was among the first to arrive at the scene, said she saw one woman with two broken legs. Fire officials said others were evaluated for hypothermia, bruises and other minor injuries.
hermia can hit within five to eight minutes at that temperature.
Leading racing driver Sean Edwards dies in Australian crash
The son of the man who helped to pull Niki Lauda from the wreck of his burning
Ferrari in 1976 was killed today in a crash in Australia.
Sean Edwards, one of Britain’s leading racing drivers, was a passenger in a Porsche sports car that hit the barriers at the Queensland Raceway during a private test session.
The 26-year-old died on impact in the crash at the circuit near Brisbane, but the driver, a 20-year-old Australian, is in intensive care with life-threatening injuries after being pulled from the wreckage of the Porsche 996, which burst into flames.
Sean Edwards, one of Britain’s leading racing drivers, was a passenger in a Porsche sports car that hit the barriers at the Queensland Raceway during a private test session.
The 26-year-old died on impact in the crash at the circuit near Brisbane, but the driver, a 20-year-old Australian, is in intensive care with life-threatening injuries after being pulled from the wreckage of the Porsche 996, which burst into flames.
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