Chesley Sully: A True Hero

“Everything is unprecedented until it happens for the first time”(“Quotes.”). Chesley Sullenberger landed flight 1549 on the Hudson River with all passengers alive. “Sully served as a fighter pilot for the U.S. Air Force from 1973 to 1980 and was flying Vietnam-era F-4 Phantom II jets”(“Chesley Sullenberger.”). Even since Sully was a young boy, he has always had interests in airplanes and he wanted to be a pilot when he grows up. “When Sully was 5 years old, all he wanted to do was fly planes. He built his own model at age 5 ½”(Sully Speaks Out.). Sully knew that is all he wanted to do, nothing else. Sully is a hero which is evident by his background, actions, and lasting impacts.

To start with, Chesley Sullenberger’s background proves that he is a true hero. “While Sully was in the U.S. Air Force Academy there were 12 fellow military pilots that have died on the training routes. Sully tried to learn all he could about each of their accidents” (Zaslow). This situation helped Sully

After landing flight 1549 in the Hudson River, Sully said, "We need to try to do the right thing every time, to perform at our best"(Zaslow). This quote shows how Sully tried his best to save the passengers and how it helped impact their life and their family’s life. “A lot of people are saying this was a miracle on the Hudson but others said it was seconds to disaster”(Grant). During this moment, the world was thinking two diverse thoughts. The people that think it was a miracle were impacted by Sully but the others were not impacted they were scared. “Sully got many of emails and facebook fans that reached out to him to tell him that his actions have touched people’s lives and that they wanted to share their own experiences”(Zaslow). Many of people have been affected by Sully’s actions and how they have tried to reach out to him to thank him for his hard work and