It was all over our news here in Australia, too. In fact, it was the top story all day, it even bumped the story about the first Australian VC being awarded, ever, the first VC to an Aussie in 30 years.
Back to the plane - that captain was absolutely brilliant, I hope he gets a medal. The cabin crew as well, keeping everybody calm, making sure the evac was orderly and not panicked.
Mind you, once we all knew everyone was OK, it was the talk of the town. Donw at the pharmacy today, there were puns flying thick and fast; puns about diced goose, pate de foie gras, and even a quote from a Scandinavian folk tale, "Captain - your goose is cooked!"
It could have been so nasty. By the time our evening news came on, Australian airlines had already loaded this scenario into the flight simulators, to see how the captain in this case had managed it. The general comments were, "How he brought it down on water ANYWHERE without the plane cartwheeling, is a miracle. But to do it in a crowded metropolis, let alone New York, and in water that is dangerously cold - the guy's a genius!"
By tomorrow we'll be getting the technical boys with their take on it all.
And difficult child 3's response - "will they be able to fix up the plane?"
We told him, "Unlikely. Not after that take it apart, trying to find samples of fried goose." But we didn't say too much because then he would have been upset about the geese getting killed.
Marg