DANVILLE — Chanting “Sully! Sully!” a crowd of several thousand gathered at a hometown hero celebration in downtown Danville on Saturday to salute US Airways Pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger.
The hero himself said only a few words when he was finally handed the microphone — after a long line of speeches by Danville Mayor Newell Arnerich, Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, and others.
“It was circumstances that put this experienced crew (in charge) of that plane on that particular day,” Sullenberger, 58, said from a staging area set up on the Town Green. “We were simply doing the jobs we were trained to do.”
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