“One way of looking at this might be that for 42 years, I’ve been making small, regular deposits in this bank of experience, education and training. And on January 15 the balance was sufficient so that I could make a very large withdrawal.”

Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger

Former US Airlines pilot, who successfully landed his passenger plane, US Airways Flight 1549, on the Hudson River after it struck a flock of Canada geese, thereby saving all 155 people aboard.