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1、AllIwantedwastotalktomyfamily,andgetsomedrysocksOnemonthago,IlandedFlight1549safelyintheHudsonRiver.Insomeways,thatwastheeasypart.1Thenightoftheaccident,afterwe'dsafelyaccountedforall155peopleontheairplane,leftthehospital,finallyreachedthehotel—thepilots'unionandtheN
2、YPDwhiskingusaway—Irememberthinkingthatmyneedswereverysimple.I'dlostallmybelongings;I'dhadthemostharrowingthreeminutesofmylife.AllIreallywantedwastotalktomyfamily,andgetsomedrysocks.2IthasbeenamonthsincetheairplaneIpiloted,USAirwaysFlight1549,madeanemergencylandingin
3、theHudsonRiver.3Sincethen,theattentiongiventomeandmycrew—I'mtryingtoresist,somewhatunsuccessfully,everyone'sattempttomakethisaboutfewerthanfivepeople—hasobviouslybeenimmense.ButIstilldon'tthinkofmyselfasacelebrity.It'sbeenadifficultadjustment,initiallybecauseofthe"he
4、ro"mantlethatwaspushedinmydirection.Ifeltforalongtimethatthatwasn'tanappropriateword.Asmywife,Lorrie,pointedouton60Minutes,aheroissomeonewhodecidestorunintoaburningbuilding.Thiswasdifferent—thiswasasituationthatwasthrustuponus.Ididn'tchoosetodowhatIdid.Thatwaswhyinit
5、iallyIdecidedthatifsomeoneofferedmethegiftoftheirthankfulness,Ishouldacceptitgratefully—butthennottakeitonasmyown.4Astimewentby,though,Iwasbetterabletoputeverythinginperspectiveandrealizehowthiseventhadtouchedpeople'slives,howreadytheywereforgoodnews,howmuchtheywante
6、dtofeelhopefulagain.Partlyit'sbecausethisoccurredastheUSpresidencywaschanginghands.We'vehadaworldwideeconomicdownturn,andpeoplewereconfused,fearfulandjustsoreadyforgoodnews.Theywantedtofeelreassured,Ithink,thatallthethingswevalue,allourideals,stillexist—thatthey'rest
7、illthere,evenifthey'renotalwaysevident.5WhenIwasveryyoung,myfatherimpresseduponmethatacommanderisresponsibleforthewelfareofeveryoneinhiscare.Anycommanderwhogotsomeonehurtbecauseoflackofforesightorpoorjudgmenthadcommittedanunforgivablesin.MyfatherwasadentistintheNavy,
8、servinginHawaiiandSanDiegofrom1941to1945.Heneversawcombat,butheknewmanywhodid.Inthemilitary,yougetdrilledintoyoutheideathatyouarere
