"The men in the cockpit, pilot Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III and co-pilot Jeff Skiles, have become instant heroes for guiding the plane to safety." - Yahoo News
"Investigators brought in a giant crane and a barge Friday to help pull a US Airways jetliner from the Hudson River, one day after the pilot heroically brought the disabled plane to safety with 155 people aboard." - Yahoo News
"Former fighter pilot Chesley B. Sullenburger hailed as hero for safely landing Airbus 320 in Hudson River." - Fox News Headline
"The pilot deserves all the credit for this one." - quote from Fox News this morning
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By now you can't not [intentional double negative] have heard of the "miraculous" landing of the plane on the Hudson River yesterday afternoon. The story is truly incredible and I fully expect to see the face of Pilot Sully on the face of every major magazine in the upcoming week. All reports say that he handled the situation with remarkable bravery and that he is the hero of the story.
While Pilot Sully certainly deserves attention for his role in guiding the plane to safety, I would like to point out that I have yet to hear or read a single news comment on how God graciously allowed all 155 passengers to survive the crash. Does anyone know if John MacArthur is going to be on Larry King talking about the goodness of God in this event? Is "Newsweek" or "Time" going to run a cover story entitled"God - Let's Give Him Credit When Good Stuff Happens"?
Yes, the pilot did a commendable job and acted with bravery that is more often dreamed about than exemplified in real life [one article commented that Pilot Sully walked through the entire plane twice to make sure all the passengers were off the plane before he himself got on a rescue boat], but God was the hero of this story and deserves mention for his kindness in preserving the lives of all 155 passengers of the plane.
2 comments:
:) Thank you. I was beginning to worry that God wasn't going to get any credit for anything good he did from anyone else but me.
~Kathryn
It is amazing, if you really think about it- God seems to get all the blame when bad things happen. But gollie, when something good happens there is no acknowledgement. Hmm...
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