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Hero pilot who landed on Hudson turning into a real jerk
[Please note: This was an April Fool's post.]
Two months ago, Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger became an American hero when he successfully landed US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River near Manhattan. Today, many of those closest to Sullenberger say that all the media attention that followed the landing has turned the pilot into "a real jerk."
"He's started geting impatient when people make even the smallest mistakes," said Sullenberger's wife of 33 years, Mary. "Just yesterday at Costco, the girl behind the counter gave him the wrong change and he yelled at her, 'I can land an Airbus A320 on the Hudson River, and you can't even give me the right change for a bottle of Coke!"
Sullenberger, who appeared on The Today Show, Oprah, and the Late Show with David Letterman just after the miraculous landing, has changed his wardrobe as well. According to his wife, he has begun shopping at expensive clothing stores such as Barney's and Ralph Lauren after formerly only buying his clothes at big-box stores like Target. Sullenberger also recently got his ear pierced and has begun wearing a gold chain.
"My dad even made a Facebook page," said Sullenberger's daughter, Elizabeth. "On the 'About Me' section, he wrote that he was the 'biggest hero America had seen in 50 years.' He's let this entire thing go to his head."
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Nicole Apr 1st 2009 8:55AM
Yeah, doesn't suprise me. Becoming a hero does wacked out stuff to a person. What a pompous pilot.
April fools, Sully!
DJ Apr 1st 2009 9:30AM
Sounds more like a midlife crisis. His wife better beware!
DC Apr 1st 2009 9:53AM
this is the only halfway decent april fools joke on this website. Word of advice to the gadling writers, stay away from "comedy".
jmchez Apr 1st 2009 12:20PM
To paraphrase Steve Martin,
"Landing a plane is easy, comedy is hard."
nzm Apr 1st 2009 12:47PM
You forgot to mention Sully's Greatest American Hero tattoo on his right bicep.
paymyownway Mar 3rd 2010 9:12PM
Sully is an ordinary guy, who is a pilot. I guarantee he's been kicked around by the airlines, prior to his famous landing. All pilots have been treated like dirt.
I hope you wakes up, because our admiration came from his humbleness. That's what America loved about Sully.
Be careful Sully, you don't want to loose your wife and children. It can happen so fast, and NO YOU CANNOT REPLACE THEM with new one's. Single women will throw themselves at you, to get your money.
Get it together, and go back to how it was.
Ken Mar 3rd 2010 9:46PM
It's too bad that so many readers don't rezalize this "story" is a bunch of made-up stuff meant to be funny." It's all BS of course, and there are a number of writers for AOL who are simpkly as***les who make upstuff to besmirch the reps of fine people. For example-- the writer who called everyone who died in the current wars "fools for dying for a morally bankrupt nation."
AOL should be ashamed of itself for paying imbeciles through subscriptions to write such crap. Paody is one thing; unfortunately, too many morons actually believe this crap.