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Opinion: Sorry, the Chilean Miners Are Not Heroes

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(Nov. 19) -- Here we go again. False hero worship. This time, it's the 33 Chilean miners. They'll be honored this Thanksgiving at an event called "CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute." I hope the miners are the "stars" paying tribute and not the "heroes" being honored, because once again, someone seems to have forgotten what...

La Russa Won't Sully Hero Pilot's Name

JUPITER, Fla. -- St. Louis manager Tony La Russa has a phrase he likes to use when one of his players does something exceptional. "I'll say, 'He Sullied it,'" La Russa said. Going off the book definition, that doesn't sound like much of a compliment. But the capital "S" makes all the difference in the world. In La...

Will the Angel With Dry Socks Please Step Forward?

NEW YORK (Jan. 15) – Dissect a miracle and you'll find at least a thousand acts of selflessness. When US Airways Flight 1549 splash-landed into the Hudson River, Beth McHugh, a 65-year-old grandmother from Charlotte, N.C., remembers the sound of the engines failing, the smell of smoke filling the cabin and the icy...

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Iowa's Airborne Hunting Act Violation Slapped On Low-Flying Pilots

Prosecutors hope to use a rarely enforced federal law to punish two Iowa pilots whose low flying disturbed thousands of resting migratory birds in a case that centers on this question: Is it a crime to harass animals?

Chesley Sullenberger News From the Web

05/16/12 Sullenberger pilots 'Stories' about good leadership Source: USA Today On Jan. 15, 2009, pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger ditched his disabled jetliner in the Hudson River in New York. All 155 passengers and crewmembers survived.
05/16/12 Transfer stations in New York City face local... Source: Waste News Plans for two transfer facilities in New York City are facing local opposition, CBS 2 in New York reported.
05/15/12 Airlines and pilots battle over contracts, safety Source: The How-To Travel Guru - CBS News (CBS News) United Airlines pilots have not had a new contract for nine years.
05/14/12 Sully Talks Leadership, Bird Strikes, and the One... Source: Conde Nast Traveler On January 15, 2009, US Airways Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger became an overnight hero when he safely landed a commercial airliner in the freezing waters of the Hudson after an unlucky encounter with a flock of geese.
05/11/12 The Rundown: Long Island's Random Weekly To-Do List Source: Long Island Press - Syosset NY The hero of the Hudson, Captain Chesley Sullenberger, AKA the man who responded to air traffic controllers who asked which runway he preferred to land on with "We're going to be in the Hudson," then actually did so, comes to Long Islandto sign his new book, Making a Difference: Stories of Vision and Courage From America's Leaders.

Background on Chesley Sullenberger

Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger III (born January 23, 1951) is an American airline transport pilot (ATP), safety expert, and accident investigator.

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