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Belongings Trickle Back to Flight 1549 Passengers

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted May 18, 2009 2:43 PM CDT

(Newser) – Over the past few weeks, items both practical and sentimental have been returned to the lucky passengers of Flight 1549, the New York Times reports. Even ruined belongings are packed carefully in tissue paper and dryer sheets. “It made a very emotional experience as... Read full story »

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