Right, the Hudson boats/ferries were the keys to the happy outcome. The crew members of these watercraft were the real heroes. Tienshantasia and Molokai are absolutely right...the pilot and copilot were great aviators and superb professionals. To classify them as heroes diminishes their valuable contribution to safety and wellbeing of the travelling public everytime they fly unless we call them heroes everytime they fly. Think of the countless times their skills and professionalism save the day as they make every vital decisions every time they operate as flight crew in flights that do not have to end in such dramatic fashion, times when their professional pre emptive actions prevented the Swiss cheeseholes from lining up.