What if you are piloting a plane, full of passengers, and your plane’s engines lost almost all power, and you couldn’t land at an airport. Where you you land? Well Chesley Sullenberger successfully landed his plane on the Hudson River in the same situation. And I say that he is a hero just for that. Chesley Sullenberger, saved 155 people from a potential plane crash, his guided characteristics, and helped improve airline safety deserves him the status of a hero.

Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger is a hero for multiple reasons. The first reason is that he avoided a potential plane crash. For example, he was able to save 155 lives from dying in a plane crash back in 2009 (www.tailstrike.com), and safely landed a plane into the Hudson River without any people dying (www.sulleysullenberger.com). Because of this, it is easy to say that he was very heroic when he was trying to save the plane. …show more content…
To be more specific, a characteristic of him is bravery. In addition for landing a passenger plane on a river without any deaths, he was awarded a “Congressional resolution” which recognized their bravery because of his actions with the plane (www.sullysullenberger.com). Another characteristic about him is tenacious. By that, I mean he decided to land the plane for the greater good, despite all the risks (www.tailstrike.com). Because of his characteristics, it is see that his characteristics makes him