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‘Miracle on the Hudson’ photos: A look back at ‘Sully’ Sullenberger’s water landing

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  • Alex Magness' plane ticket for US Airways Flight 1549, which landed in the Hudson River on Jan. 15, 2009.
    Photo Credit: Newsday / Thomas A. Ferrara
  • Workers lift the port engine of US Airways 1549 from the Hudson River on Jan. 24, 2009. The plane landed in the Hudson River on Jan. 15, 2009.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert

It was a miracle on the Hudson: Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger saved 155 people on Jan. 15, 2009, when he landed US Airways Flight 1549 on the river after a flock of geese struck the engines. Scroll through for a look back at the historic day.

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