‘Miracle’ Flight Survivors Mark Decade of Thankfulness

Tripp Harris, who was a passenger on US Airways Flight 1549, the "Miracle on the Hudson" airliner in 2009, poses for a photo on the High Line along the Hudson River in New York. Richard Drew/AP Photo

It’s been 10 years, but there isn’t anything Tripp Harris doesn’t remember about the cold January day he cheated death on US Airways flight 1549.

The jolt when the plane collided with a flock of geese and the engines stopped moments after takeoff from New York City’s LaGuardia Airport. The smoke filling the cabin. The electric, burning smell. The panic from the people around him. The calm, steady tone of Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger telling everyone to brace for impact as he steered the Airbus A320-214 into the frigid waters of the Hudson River on Jan. 15, 2009.