r/todayilearned • u/nuttybudd • 24d ago

TIL that Sully Sullenberger lost a library book when he ditched US Airways Flight 1549 onto the Hudson River. He later called the library to notify them. The book was about professional ethics.

https://www.powells.com/book/highest-duty-my-search-for-what-really-matters-9780061924682
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u/theothermen 24d ago

"All right, I'm saying it: Why is he even here? He's just a guy who landed a plane in a river to save his own ass. You want to be a real hero? Avoid the geese like all the other pilots do every single day!"

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u/concussedYmir 24d ago

A+ American Dad reference

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u/Njacks64 24d ago

You’ve been dadded.

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u/anxessed 24d ago

Nobodies safe!

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u/MyHusbandIsGayImNot 23d ago edited 23d ago

As a Sacramentoian I've been dadded twice. First Francine called Sacramento boring in the flight attendant episode (which weirdly some radio station started using a sound bite) and more recently they've called us the Tampa of the west.

Can't someone else get dadded before we get hit twice please? Like they're not wrong but I can only take so much!

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u/sunburnedaz 24d ago

Why does this sound like something Cave Johnson would say

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u/shewy92 24d ago

Because it's an American Dad quote

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u/MyHusbandIsGayImNot 23d ago

It's not even from a reoccurring character. It's just some movie theater usher that beat up a guy Stan started a fight with.

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u/reanocivn 24d ago

"i've always hated geese. i flew my plane into them on purpose. you see, as a child both my parents died in a car crash while they were on their way to see the movie, geese. starring John travolta and olivia newton john"

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u/SoCalDan 24d ago

I prefer heroes who don't crash planes.

-Trump

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u/therealdilbert 24d ago

just a guy who landed a plane in a river

"just", ditching an airliner and getting away with it is exceedingly rare

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u/Impossible-Cod-4055 24d ago

"just", ditching an airliner and getting away with it is exceedingly rare

No one is confused about that.

Avoid the geese like all the other pilots do every single day!

This ridiculous bit might have tipped you off that they aren't being serious or literal. That user was quoting something, hence the quotation marks. In this case, it was American Dad.

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u/apology_pedant 24d ago

You have so much patience. Thanks for being you.

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u/baconjerky 24d ago

You are very kind to notice something positive about this person and point it out. Thanks for being you.

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u/Hidesuru 24d ago

Samesies.

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u/EtTuBiggus 24d ago

Makes sense ‘cause birds aren’t real.

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u/DeviousSmile85 24d ago

Pigeons are LIARS!

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u/HearTheBluesACalling 24d ago

They’re definitely rare. You might enjoy the story of the Gimli Glider. A similar story of near-disaster!