House Proceeding 01-26-09 on Jan 26th, 2009 :: 0:36:40 to 0:40:00
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Jerrold Nadler: i commend captain sullenberger and the crew of 1549 and urge my colleagues to join me by passing house resolution 84. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. mr. costa: madam speaker, at

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Speech By: Jerrold Nadler

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Jerrold Nadler: this time i yield two minutes to -- mr. costello: at this time i yield to mr. mcmahon. the speaker pro tempore: the geleman from new york is recognized, mr. nadler. mr. gentleman for yielding.

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Jerrold Nadler: madam spe

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Jerrold Nadler: passengers and the crew as the plane had landed in the middle of a busy waterway with air temperatures well below freezing. i woulpoint out that since world war ii, there are a number of cases of aircraft that have had to land in the water, commercial aircraft, major commercial airliners who had to land in the water and in every case except this one, at least half the passengers died.

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Jerrold Nadler: in this case, not one single passenger, not one single crew member died. there was not even a really seriouinjury because of the flawless performance of the pilot bringing the plane down in one piece, even, so it didn't tip over, making sure it missed the george washington bridge and still landed right next to the ferry terminals, where there

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Jerrold Nadler: were ferry boats there could have been no better expertise than shown by the -- can i have 30 seconds additional? mr. costello: i yield an additional 30 seconds.

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Jerrold Nadler: mr. nadler: there could have been no greater heroism shown by the pilot and crew. we thankhe staff at the hospitals in new york downtown, jersey city medical center and meadowlands hospital. so, madam speaker, i'm proud to have convened here today to honor all those involved in the safe return of 155 people.

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Jerrold Nadler: acting with no sll measure of heroism, these ordinary citizens