I'm not a pilot but the ditching appears to have taken considerable skill - getting rid of the energy whilst not stalling takes real airmanship.
Any fully held-off landing is equivalent to stalling at a height of 1 inch.
Tosh! This was not a 3-point stall-landing by a tail-dragger.. with or without power, you don't have to 'stall' to land at a sensible angle of attack - it is better to retain directional control than minimise your speed to anywhere near a true 'stall' - which is anyway not a black/white speed. The pilot got it right, by luck, skill & judgement, training or all three, thank goodness... very well done!
Skilfully flown, as would be expected, but brave, heroic being repeated ad nauseam on US media.. Ugh! Very skilfull but bravery is WW, Wrong Word...
Bravery and heroism is running at a machine-gun post on a hill, spouting bullets like raindrops...
Let's use the English language properly!
To the whole crew, congratulations, a demonstration of superb professionalism...