Capt. Chesley Sullenberger knows a thing or two about leadership -- and the Miracle on the Hudson pilot says President Trump doesnt have what it takes.<\/p>\n
The man who saved 155 passengers when he made a successful 2009 emergency landing in the river blasts Trump in a new ad released by the #NeverTrump conservative Lincoln Project.<\/p>\n
Serving a cause greater than ones self is the highest calling. And its in that highest calling of leadership that Donald Trump has failed us so miserably, Sullenberger says.<\/p>\n
Sullenberger, a retired Air Force pilot from a military family, spoke out this month when reports claimed Trump derided veterans as suckers for sacrificing for the common good.<\/p>\n
The pilot recalled his own heroics by urging Americans to step up to the plate and send Trump packing.<\/p>\n
Eleven years ago, I was called to my moment. Now, we are all called to this moment, Sullenberger says in the ads conclusion. All we have to do is vote him out.<\/p>\n
Sullenberger, who is remembered fondly as Sully by New Yorkers, won a place in Gotham immortality when he steered crippled US Airways Flight 1549 to a safe landing in the Hudson River on Jan. 15, 2009. Everyone onboard the flight survived.<\/p>\n
The episode, instantly dubbed the Miracle of the Hudson,\" cheered the spirits of a nation battered by the great recession in the days before President Obama took office.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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