“He was no Charles Lindbergh, seeking to make history, no Chuck Yeager breaking the speed of sound,” Mr. Langewiesche writes. But he crashed during a slump in the American mood, and overnight he was transformed into a national hero, at a time when people were hungry for one.”
What a load, Sully didn't "crash" the Airbus. kind of get the impression that this Langewiesche wishes it were him that landed the plane on the river.