Flight 1549

It was cold outside on Saturday, and I had a cold myself, but I wanted to get a look at US Airways flight 1549, which made a miraculous emergency landing on the Hudson last Thursday. NY1 had reported that the plane had been towed to Battery Park, but when I got there it was nowhere to be seen.

I walked a few blocks up the river, past the Holocaust museum and the boat harbor, and finally came upon a collection of fire trucks, police cars, EMT vans, hazmat vehicles, and other emergency response vehicles. The scene was blocked off with metal sawhorses and yellow tape, and tourists and New Yorkers were crowded around with their digital cameras, trying to get a glimpse of the plane. This was the best view I could get myself. I suppose I should have guessed that once the emergency was over all the emergency personnel in the city would gather around.