Thanks, Vagabond, for that post. I, too, got a little misty eyed, and think that Sully presented himself, and the profession, very, very well. It's hard for me to imagine any discourse.

I'm a bit disappointed that the FO was not interviewed, of course. Sully mentioned that the plane was losing airspeed when he took the controls. Whether that was something that inspired him to quickly take the controls, or the fact that the FO was in a two digit experience level in the A320, or any other combination of the multitude of things transpiring.

Sully also mentioned in the first person that "he" started the APU, and he turned on the continuous ignition, in addition to what we would consider his normal tasks of flying the plane and ATC. Gotta wonder if the FO was shell shocked.