Wow

This story is absolutely amazing! Everything past this point of my post has been taken directly from TMZ. Yes, I am apparently a lazy blogger.

HERO
Chesley B. Sullenburger III -- the pilot of flight 1549.


Career highlights -- Flew F-4s for the U.S. Air Force from 1973 to 1980. Flight Leader and Training Officer with experience in Europe, Pacific and at Nellis AFB, serving as Blue Force Mission Commander in Red Flag Exercises.

Sullenburger spent years as an Air Line Pilots Association Local Air Safety Chairman, national technical committee member and accident investigator -- where he participated in several NTSB investigations of major aircraft accidents.