forget the hero thing
I agree with the above: it's the whole crew that's involved and they all deserve full credit for doing a superb job, especially the cabin crew for the evacuation.
As regards all the hype about "the pilot" savings so many lives... I'm sorry to say that if something similar were to happen to me, the motivating force as far as I'm concerned, would be to save my own skin. It so happens that in performing such a skillful trick as a successful ditching, everyone else has a chance to get out alive too. But as I would be trying to keep the wings level in the middle of the river watching the speed bleed off, I wouldn't be thinking "I've got 155 people sitting in the back, I'd better get this one right..." I would be trying just as hard if I were on my own.
So, forget the hero pilot thing, but praise the skill and be thankful for good luck.