news from the
warehouse
the Hudson”
honored

JAMIE SCHLIEPER

“Hero of

WHEN CAPTAIN CHESLEY Sullenberger, his wife, Lorrie, and daughters, Kate and Kelly, stopped in to shop at the Costco in Danville, California, on February 3, they were surprised to see a banner honoring the Costco member hanging inside the store entrance.

Sullenberger is being called the “Hero of the Hudson” since he and his flight crew successfully landed a jet on the Hudson River in January, despite failed engines. Amazingly, all 155 passengers and crew members survived, with no serious injuries. The heroic landing made the news globally.

Lorrie Sullenberger remarked at a local celebration that she and her husband have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of affection that has come by way of letters and e-mail messages from around the world since the river landing.

Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger receives a hero’s welcome at the Danville, California, warehouse; Costco employees sign the banner to present to “Sully.”

 

Sullenberger was invited to President Barack Obama’s inauguration and the Super Bowl, interviewed on CBS’s 60 Minutes and given a welcome-home gathering by thousands on Danville’s Town Green.

Acclaimed internationally, Sullenberger was honored to also be acknowledged at the Danville warehouse where he regularly shops. (His family has lived in Danville for 13 years.) While there, he was quoted as saying he loves

Costco and has been a member for 24 years.

Sullenberger asked if he might sign the banner. Night manager Steve Agosto raised him up on a scissor lift so he could sign it with the nickname that has become so famous in the past few months, “Sully.”

Sullenberger will be given an additional tribute soon, when he will be presented with the banner, signed by 82 Costco employees.

—Jamie Schlieper

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