Day 8: Flight 1549 conducts emergency landing into the Hudson River - 2009 Video of the Year Nominee

Welcome to the Coast Guard Video of the Year contest. This is the eighth of 11 videos we will feature between now and Dec. 31, 2009. You can vote for this video by rating it with 1 to 5 stars right here on YouTube. We'll close the voting on January 8, 2010 and announce the winners soon after.

For more on how to vote, visit http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2009/12/how-to-vote-for-your-favorite...

Video: The response to US Airways flight 1549 emergency landing in the Hudson River near Manhattan, N.Y., by boatcrews from Sector New York.

Transcript:

BM1 Jessica Wolchak: We arrived on scene and heard over the radio that our (Coast Guard) crews had recovered the last couple of people off the wing (of the airplane). We could not visibly see anybody else in the surrounding areas of the plane, so we commenced our search until we got further information as to the head count. So, then we knew everybody was off the plane.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Hudson River
• #uscgtopvideos
• Coast Guard Video of the Year
• search and rescue
• emergency landing
• US Airways
• Flight 1549
• Vessel Traffic Service
• BM1 Jessica Wolchak
• Sector New York