Miracle on the Hudson
Miracle on the Hudson
On January 15th, two thousand and nine
Two hundred and eight seconds would define Sully's life
40 years of flying and a million passengers
No signs and no warnings of just what would lay ahead
If he follows all the rules soon they would all be dead
He would never see his daughters he would never see his wife
Taking off from runway four, an ordinary flight
Then birds strike both engines and now Sully's battle begins
Cactus 1549 are you there, can you hear me
Can you make it back
Runway thirteen is cleared for you to land, can you make it
Can you make it back
There is no airport they can reach and nowhere they can land
At two hundred and forty miles an hour they descend
There is just one option left that our captain can see
A forced water landing, ditch into the Hudson river
Cactus 1549 are you there, can you hear me
Can you make it back
Runway thirteen is cleared for you to land, can you make it
Can you make it back
A miracle on the Hudson they're alive
Two engines lost on 1549
155 souls have survived
There's a miracle on the Hudson, they're alive
The algorithms seem to prove he got the landing wrong
Crash investigators say the evidence is strong
the forced water landing was the worst choice he could make
Sully doubts himself and questions decisions he made
Sleepless nights and recognised everywhere that he goes
Tortured by the feeling that he could have been so wrong
realising what's missing from the simulations
Thirty five seconds reaction time make it human
Cactus 1549 are you there, can you hear me
Can you make it back
Runway thirteen is cleared for you to land, can you make it
Can you make it back
A miracle on the Hudson they're alive
Two engines lost on 1549
155 souls have survived
There's a miracle on the Hudson, they're alive
(inspired by the movie Sully: Miracle on the Hudson. Based on a true story)