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Stephanie Jackson
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quotePosted at 09:03 on 17th January 2009
It was a miracle. Glad everyone was safe and also glad it didn't crash into the city. They have suffered enough in the past.
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Diana Sinclair
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quotePosted at 20:41 on 17th January 2009
On 16th January 2009 23:35, Paul Hilton wrote:

Yesterday, over New York, geese believed to be linked to al-Qaeda attacked US Airways flight 1549. Thankfully, due to the actions of veteran pilot Chesley Sullenberger III, the plane completed a safe emergency water landing in the Hudson River, after which all 155 passengers on board were rescued.

According to US intelligence, numerous radical Islamic websites posted a statement by Ayman al-Zawahiri claiming that the geese had been trained at a secret al-Qaeda run camp in Pakistan. Unnamed intelligence sources have said that they believe that the operatives most likely arrived in the US in the fall and covertly assimilated themselves into the migratory patterns of North American geese, while some were also believed to have received flying lessons here.

The White House has yet to confirm the link between the geese and al-Qaeda, though it is believed that the FBI has taken several hundred geese into custody and is holding them at an undisclosed locations with an organisation calling itself KFC headed by a shadowy figure only known as Col. S.

Upon hearing the news, President Bush immediately reiterated the US must protect it’s borders, in particular, to the north where he believed BMD’s ( birds of mass destruction) were being kept. Six of the geese were given a Presidential Pardon once it was discovered they were actually turkeys still in hiding over Xmas.

     Very funny Paul! You gave me quite a laugh.Laughing

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Diana Sinclair
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quotePosted at 20:41 on 17th January 2009
On 17th January 2009 07:15, Paul Hilton wrote:
Whilst the above might be a little tongue-in-cheek, I think it's also fair to add that I have written to the White House stating my opinion that all the crew of Flight 1549 be considered for the award of The Presidential Medal of Freedom; the highest award that can be bestowed upon a civilian.
Not a bad idea Paul. Perhaps I'll do the same.
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Barbara Shoemaker
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quotePosted at 16:06 on 20th February 2009

Talk about deja vu!  Well, not for me but for someone I know.  Here's a news clip with video (click on the one called Miracle Landing in the Pacific) of a similar incident in 1956 involving a Pan Am flight from Hawaii to San Francisco.  At the end of the video twin women are briefly interviewed, Maureen and Elizabeth Gordon.  They were 18 months old at the time and were on the flight with their mother.  Maureen, the one on the left, is a co-worker/friend of mine.

http://abcnews.go.com/search?searchtext=pacific&type

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Cathy E.
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quotePosted at 16:22 on 20th February 2009
WOW Barb! That's amazing! Glad it turned out okay and all were rescued! I love happy endings!!
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