Dont call me Shirley
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- Aug 20, 2002
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/nyregion...romises.html?hp
It has been a year to the day since passengers on the Miracle on the Hudson, US Airways Flight 1549, took just such a walk — not to mention a swim and a ride on a ferry — after their plane hit a flock of geese and lost power in both engines. They had had 90 or so long, long seconds of descent — ample time for grim reflection and if-I-live promises. But many passengers have said they thought only of preserving, and not improving, their lives as the plane glided toward the icy water.
“I can confirm the prayer part,†said one passenger, Theresa Leahy. “But changing my life? No. I’m a very forward-looking person. I do believe things happen for a reason. I’m not looking for some great path to be revealed to me through all of this.â€
No, the vows toward self-improvement, of deals to do better in their lives, came later — hours, days or weeks later. Several passengers, looking back over the last 12 months, said their promises seem to be holding up — but not all of them, and not always as much as they had hoped.
It has been a year to the day since passengers on the Miracle on the Hudson, US Airways Flight 1549, took just such a walk — not to mention a swim and a ride on a ferry — after their plane hit a flock of geese and lost power in both engines. They had had 90 or so long, long seconds of descent — ample time for grim reflection and if-I-live promises. But many passengers have said they thought only of preserving, and not improving, their lives as the plane glided toward the icy water.
“I can confirm the prayer part,†said one passenger, Theresa Leahy. “But changing my life? No. I’m a very forward-looking person. I do believe things happen for a reason. I’m not looking for some great path to be revealed to me through all of this.â€
No, the vows toward self-improvement, of deals to do better in their lives, came later — hours, days or weeks later. Several passengers, looking back over the last 12 months, said their promises seem to be holding up — but not all of them, and not always as much as they had hoped.
