Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and the US Airways flight 1549 crew have been making headlines ever since they safely landed a jet with 155 people in the Hudson River. But their first television appearances since last month's crash served as a poignant reminder that the plunge into the icy water was more than some Hollywood fantasy.
"It was the worst, sickening pit-of-your-stomach, falling-through-the floor feeling I've ever felt in my life. I knew immediately it was very bad," Sullenberger told Katie Couric during his 60 Minutes interview on Sunday. "I knew immediately that this, unlike every other flight I'd had for 42 years, was ...
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Sully's 15 minutes of fame are morphing into 60 Minutes and counting.
Viewers got a preview of Katie Couric's sitdown with Chesley Sullenberger, the hero pilot of Flight 1549, when she visited CBS's Early Show Friday to show an excerpt from the interview. The rest will air on Sunday's 60 Minutes. She also provided a preview on Thursday's Evening News.
"It was the worst sickening, pit-of-your-stomach, falling-through-the-floor feeling I've ever felt in my life," Sullenberger says in the interview excerpt.
The Early Show will also devote its entire episode Monday to Flight 1549, which Sullenberger successfully touched down in New York City's Hudson River last month after bird strikes took out its engines. Guests will include ...
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CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric has landed the second broadcast network interview with Sarah Palin — the first such sit-down since the infamous Tina Fey-SNL skit.According to A HREF="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TV_COURIC_PALIN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-09-17-07-29-49 The Associated Press, CBS confirmed Couric will spend two days on the road with the Republican vice presidential candidate, as well as presidential hopeful John McCain.Couric's reports will air Sept. 29 and 30 on the CBS Evening News and The Early Show.No word on whether any of the interview will air on 60 Minutes.Will you be watching the next Palin interview with Katie Couric asking the tough questions? Or, would you rather re-watch the SNL skit with Tina Fey? — Erin FoxRelated• Sarah Palin Laughed Along with SNL• SNL Opener; Fey Scores!
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Can you believe it's already been fifteen years since scorned wife, Lorena Bobbitt, chopped off her husband John Wayne Bobbitt's little friend while he was sleeping? Now, fifteen years later, the 39-year-old appears to be a much more confident woman (mind you she's barely recognizable) with a whole lot more self-esteem since the days she was all over the tabloids.
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After just six months as Early Show's senior executive producer, Shelley Ross, has been dropped by CBS. Having turned around ABC's Good Morning America, things didn't fare as well at the Eye. Ross quickly became a controversial figure, seeing a rumored 21 staff departures, internal strife and general unhappiness all around. Her last day was March 6.Rick Kaplan, exec producer of the CBS Evening News, will take over temporarily, although his focus will shift to the morning program, including its 3:15 a.m. wake-up time. He told the Reporter, "[The Early Show's] built up some great momentum. Nobody wants the show to slow down or lose the energy that it's built up." Ross joined the show in the wake of another executive shake-up, so where this latest move will take the show will likely reveal itself in the early mornings to come. — Anna Dimond
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