Speaking of Capt. Phillips, I am so surprised we haven’t seen him on the talk show circuit. His acts truly were heroic; he put his life on the line to save those of his crew. And he endured five days or so with those murderous thugs.
Not at all to disparage Capt. Sullenberger (the pilot who landed his plane in the Hudson), but Sully’s heroics did not put his own life in danger, and lasted mere minutes. I don’t understand why what Phillips did was not a bigger deal - why the media doesn’t see that much glory in what he did, which I think was extremely brave!
Lionizing Phillips would have made 0bama look bad.