'Miracle on the Hudson' Pilot: I Was Simply Doing My Job

Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger received a hero's welcome in his hometown of Danville, CA, on Saturday, and he finally spoke out about safely landing a crippled commercial airliner in the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 people aboard.

Seated with his wife Lorrie on a stage before a giant crowd of admirers which included his two daughters, Sullenberger received a number of honors from the town's council, police force, mayor and a Calif. congressman, plus a special treat: a flyover by a fighter pilot.

The captain took the podium to huge applause, smiling as the crowd chanted "Sully." Then he spoke for his entire flight crew: "We were simply doing the jobs we were trained to do. Thank you."

Earlier during the ceremony, Danville Mayor Newell Arnerich praised Sullenberger's emergency landing as "extraordinary," and Calif. Congressman Jerry McNerney said that because of Sullenberger's actions, the "155 Americans [aboard the crashed plane] are safely home with their families today."
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