# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chesley-sullenberger
# Generated: 2026-08-31T13:55:10.337Z

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name: "Chesley Sullenberger"
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description: "He landed a crippled Airbus on the Hudson River in the middle of New York City, engines dead from a bird strike, and walked all 155 people off alive. That single decision in January 2009 made Sully Sullenberger the rarest kind of famous: the hero whose split-second competence actually saved lives."
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born January 23, 1951, Sullenberger flew commercial for US Airways for 30 years before the morning that changed everything. On January 15, 2009, both engines on Flight 1549 failed after a bird strike; he ditched in the Hudson, and everyone survived. The landing turned him into an advocate — he co-chaired the Experimental Aircraft Association's Young Eagles program with his co-pilot Jeffrey Skiles, wrote the bestseller Highest Duty with Jeffrey Zaslow, and joined CBS News as an aviation expert after retiring in 2010. Time ranked him second among 2009's most influential heroes, behind Michelle Obama. In 2021 President Biden nominated him as U.S. ambassador to the International Civil Aviation Organization; the Senate confirmed him unanimously, and he served from February 2022 to July.