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Sully to Attend White House Correspondents Dinner

April 23, 2009 By BTriplett

Hero of USAirways Flight 1549 to be Guest of NY Daily News

Captain Sully and his flight crew testify on Capitol Hill

Chesley Burnett Sullenberger III — better known as “Sully,” the pilot who safely landed his crippled airliner on the Hudson River last January — will be attending the WHCD as a guest of the New York Daily News, Politico is reporting. The last time he was in D.C. was to receive personal thanks and congratulations from President Obama for his heroism. Click here for more.

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