Jan. 15, 2009: 'Miracle on the Hudson' was truly that

Carl Bazarian of Amelia Island, Donald Jones of Jacksonville and Casey Jones of St. Johns County were among 155 aboard the flight. All survived.

The images are iconic: US Airways Flight 1549 floating on a frigid Hudson River with passengers standing on every inch of its wings and huddled one by one on the inflatable exit ramps.Three First Coast men were among them — Carl Bazarian of Amelia Island, Donald C. Jones of Jacksonville and Casey Jones of St. Johns County.Bound for Charlotte and Seattle, the jet struck a flock of geese shortly after taking off from LaGuardia Airport in New York City. With both engines disabled, Capt.

The first thing Donald Jones did when he walked off the plane into JIA was kiss the ground, the Times-Union reported inJones, 68 at the time, said he was among the first group to exit and, after going down the emergency slide, found himself swimming in the 32-degree water. Once he made it onto a wing flap, he said the 10-minute wait before the first rescue ferry arrived felt like a lifetime.

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