The New York Post has a number of stories about the US Air crash into the Hudson River yesterday.  The stories are wonderful to read.  The youngest survivor was 9 months old and the oldest was 85.  Everyone got out.  There were some injuries, but it sounds as if they are minor compared to what they could have been.

There were a lot of things that went into the fact that everyone on the plane survived.  The airlines in America are very thorough in training their flight crews for emergencies.  Obviously, as they are being trained, they hope they will never have to use the training, but it is there.  The calmness of the pilot and the flight crew prevented panic among the passengers, and the passengers helped each other where there were special situations (the nine-month-old baby and the 85-year-old woman).  It’s nice to know that when situations are difficult, we still know how to help each other so that everyone gets out!