Passengers Rescued From Frigid Hudson

By Will McCahill, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 15, 2009 9:08 PM CST

(Newser) – It appears all 155 passengers and crew survived today’s crash of a US Airways flight from LaGuardia Airport into the Hudson River off Manhattan, WINS-AM reports. For photos of the the remarkable rescue, as the plane drifted down river and took on water, click on the image control; for more on the crash, click on links.

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Passengers in an inflatable raft move away from an Airbus 320 US Airways aircraft that went down in the Hudson River in New York today. (AP Photo)

Geese in the engine are suspected to be the cause of today's crash of a US Airways aircraft that went down in the Hudson River today. (AP Photo)

An Airbus 320 US Airways aircraft that went down in the Hudson River is seen in New York, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Edouard H. R. Gluck)

A US Airways plane is guided down the Hudson River Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, in New York, after more than 150 people on board were rescued. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

This video frame grab image taken from AP Television News shows a passenger who was rescued from a US Airways aircraft in New York being escorted by rescue personnel, Thursday Jan. 15, 2009. (AP Photo/APTN)

Authorities move an unidentified passenger, second from right, to a waiting ambulance after the plane he was on crashed into the Hudson River, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, in New York. A US Airways plane... (AP Photo/Liz Schultz)

Wrapped in Red Cross blankets, survivors of the US Airways plane crash in the Hudson River depart a first aid center in Weehawken, N.J. to board a bus bound for La Guardia, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson)

A US Airways plane rests against a retaining wall after the pilot ditched the disabled jetliner into the frigid Hudson River in New York Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano)

Survivors of the US Airways plane crash in the Hudson River wait for a bus to take them from a First Aid center in Weehawken, N.J. back to La Guardia Airport, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Stuart Ramson)

Passengers in an inflatable raft prepare to move away from an Airbus 320 US Airways aircraft that has gone down in the Hudson River in New York today. (AP Photo)

Authorities arrive on the scene of an Airbus 320 US Airways aircraft that went down in the Hudson River in New York today. (AP Photo)

Passengers in an inflatable raft move away from the Airbus 320 US Airways aircraft that has gone down in the Hudson River in New York today. (AP Photo)

This video frame grab image taken from AP Television News shows the US Airways aircraft that went down in the Hudson River today. (APTN)

Passengers in an inflatable raft, center, move away from an Airbus 320 US Airways aircraft that went down in the Hudson River today. (AP Photo)

This video frame grab image taken from AP Television News shows passengers who escaped the US Airways aircraft. (APTN)

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