US Airways 1549 Rare Photo or Fake?

[A320 Glider]

https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/600x337/6d0ba7e7_e759_40f4_98d8_e13922d4130b_8bc9559bb1cc6145ac3b42a d585167f4993c2728.jpeg

Years ago I was browsing Facebook and this photo popped up.

It was posted by somebody who found it on a US news website. The photo was apparently captured by cellphone by Roy Gates.

The news source is:
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Investigation-Begins-on-Million-to-1-Shot-Landing.html

I have never seen this photo ever being widely published so I suspect this is a fake?

Then again it was uploaded on 16 Jan 2009 and so was the news article above.

[DaveReidUK]

The NY Times also published it, credited to the photographer. I suspect it's genuine.

[A320 Glider]

That's crazy how somebody managed to take a photo of the impact!

I have read nearly all I can about this accident and yet this photo really shows there is still more to learn.

I recently found out that Sully let the speed get too slow during the descent and the EGPWS warnings were more priority than SPEED SPEED warnings.

Anyway what a photo!

[OvertHawk]

Looks like it could be a screen grab from CCTV