>> Nikki: ALL OF THE 155 SOULS
ON BOARD SURVIVED AND THE PILOT,
CAPTAIN A SULLENBURGER BECAME A
HERO.
THE MOVIE "SULLY" COMES OUT THIS
THURSDAY AND THIS MORNING WE'RE
TALKING TO 1 OF THE PEOPLE ON
THAT PLANE.
CASEY JOANS IS FROM JULINGTON
CREEK CREEK.
HE HAS A CREW OF 70 PEOPLE GOING
TO SEE THIS MOVIE WITH HIM.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TO TALK
ABOUT.
THIS.
>> THANK YOUING GLAD TO BE HERE
IT IS A GREAT STORY.
>> Nikki: IT IS A GREAT STORY.
I WANT TO HEAR YOUR STORY TO
START OFF.
TELL ME ABOUT THIS DAY AND WHAT
HAPPENED AFTER YOU GOT OFF ON
THAT FLIGHT.
>>> EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL AND
ABOUT 90 SECONDS AFTER TAKEOFF,
WE HIT THE BIRDS.
AND I'VE FLOWN HUNDREDS OF TIMES
PRIOR TO THAT.
AND THERE WAS A SOUND AND A
FEELING I HAD NEVER FELT BEFORE
ON A PLANE.
YOU HEAR NOISES, YOU FEEL THINGS
AT TIMES.
YOU CAN ALWAYS EXPLAIN THEM.
THIS ONE YOU COULDN'T EXPLAIN.
IT WAS LOUD AND SUDDEN AND WE
LOST ALL OF OUR ACCELERATION AS
SOON AS THE BIRDS HIT.
>>> YOU HEARD THE CAPTAIN COME
OVER THE INTERCOM AND WE SEE
THIS PART IN THE TRAILER IN THE
MOVIE COMING OUT.
WHERE HE SAYS "BRACE FOR IMPACT"
WHAT WE SEE RIGHT THERE, THAT
MAN WHO WAS TEXTING IS EXACTLY
WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO DO.
>> I WAS TRYING TO GET MY
PASSWORD IN, WIFE AND SON WHO
WERE 8 AT THE TIME WERE ON
ANOTHER PLANE THE EXACT SAME
TIME.
I WANTED TO CALL THEM AND LEAVE
THE "I LOVE YOU MESSAGE" BECAUSE
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW THIS WAS GOING
THE COME OUT.
I HAD A PASSWORD ON THE PHONE
AND I I MY HANDS WERE SHAKING
AND I COULDN'T FUTURE PASSWORD
IN.
I PUT IT IN MY POCKET AND PRAYED
THEY THEY KNEW I LOVED THEM.
>> Nikki: IT WAS ONE EMOTION
AFTER THE NEXT.
YOU THOUGHT THIS WAS IT.
>>> HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING
HAPPEN.
HERE WE'RE IN THE MOST POPULATED
CITY IN AMERICA.
I KNOW NOW WE WERE DROPPING AT
THREE TIMES THE NORMAL RATE OF
DECENT.
AND HIT THE WATER AT 150 MILES
PER HOUR.
EVERY TIME A PLANE HITS YOU
ALWAYS SEE FIRE AND I WAS
LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW AS WE
DESCENDED, LOOKING TO SEE WHEN
WE HIT, IS THERE GOING TO BE
FIRE?
INSTEAD IT WAS A WALL OF WATER
THAT RUSHED BY WHEN W HIT.
YOU'VE SEEN THE VIDEO, ALL THE
WATER COMES BY AND IT WAS REALL
LOUD LIKE GOING NIAGARA FALLS
AND TAKING OUT EARPLUGS.
IT WAS VERY, VERY LOUD.
THERE WASN'T FIRE, THANKFULLY.
>> Nikki: THANKFULLY HE WAS
ABLE TO LAND WRIT HE DUD.
YOU GET OUT OF THE PLANE,
SOMETHING I DIDN'T KNOW FROM
READING SOME OF THE ARTICLES
THAT YOU'VE DONE SINCE 2009 AND
THE TALKS, YOU CAN'T SWIM.
>> I DON'T SWIM.
I CAN GET TO THE SIDE OF THE
SIDE OF THE POOL ON THE
DEEPENED.
OTHER THAN THAT NOT REAL WELL.
THERE WE SITTING IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE HUDSON AND GOT OUT ONTO
THE WING.
>> Nikki: CAN YOU SEE YOURSELF
IN THESE PICTURES.
>> I HAVE CIRCLED RIGHT THERE.
I LOOK IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AND
THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE WATER,
DO I GET THE WATER?
DO I STAY OUT?
THERE WAS A LOT OF DECISIONS TO
BE MADE INITIALLY.
AND THANKFULLY I STAYED ON THE
WING AND EVERYTHING WORKED OUT
JUST FINE.
>>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS MOVIE.
THIS MOVIE WILL GIVE US A
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE WE HAVEN'T
SEEN BEFORE.
EVERYBODY LOOKS AT SULLY AS A
HERO.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T READ HIS
BOOK, YOU DON'T KNOW REALLY A
LOT OF WHAT HE WENT THROUGH IN
THE DAYS AND WEEKS AFTER THIS.
>> HE DID.
AND IT IS THE NTSB JOB TO GET TO
THE BOTTOM OF ANY AVIATION
ACCIDENT.
I'M SURE HE -- AND WE ALL
RESPECT THEM FOR THAT -- BUT
KNOWING THAT HE DID ABSOLUTELY
EVERYTHING HE COULD AND HAVING
IT SECOND-GUESSED FOR GOOD
REASON, OF COURSE.
VERY DIFFICULT.
HE TOLD PASSENGERS HE WAS VERY
RELIEVED WHEN EVERYTHING CAME
BACK CLEAN AND CERTAINLY FOUND
IN THE RIGHT.
I KNOW HE WAS IN THE RIGHT AND
WONDERFUL DAY AND HAS BEEN EVER
SINCE.
>> Nikki: I KNOW THAT YOU'VE
READ THE BOOK, YOU'VE DONE A LOT
OF INTERVIEWS AND TALKS.
BUT WHEN YOU SEE THIS TRAILER,
DOES IT GIVE YOU A DIFFERENT
FEELING?
DOES IT AFFECT YOU DIFFERENTLY
THAN THE THINGS BEFORE?
>> WOW.
IT IS POWERFUL.
I WAS SITTING ALONE IN THE DAR
WHEN A NEW TRAILER CAME OUT THAT
IS VERY, VERY INTENSE.
AND YOU SEE, WE MISSED THE
GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE BY I
THINK 600 FEET AND YOU SEE THE
PLANE GOING OVER IT.
IT IS ALL THOSE THINGS BACK IN
YOUR MIND THAT YOU'VE KNOWN
ABOUT AND HEARD ABOUT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME GOING
THROUGH IT, IT WAS THAT 3-FOOT
SPEAR OF INFLUENCE WHAT DO I
NEED TO DO RIGHT NOW TO SURVIVE
THE NEXT MINUTE.
SEEING IT ACTUALLY ON FILM AND
RELIVING IT AGAIN, I GUARANTEE
THERE WILL BE EMOTION THERE.
>> Nikki: YOU HAVE A BIG GROUP
GOING.
>> WE DO, WE HAVE 70 PEOPLE
HEADED DOWN TO IMAX AND GOING TO
CADDIE SHACK AFTERWARDS AND TALK
ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT AND HAVE A
GREAT TIME.
>> Nikki: A LOT OF PEOPLE
DON'T KNOW THERE ARE THREE
SURVIVORS.
>> THREE HERE IN JACKSONVILLE,
FERNANDINA BEACH AND JOHN JONES
IN JACKSONVILLE.
THE THREE OF US HAVE GOTTEN
TOGETHER A COUPLE TIMES SINCE.
GREAT GUYS, I WOULD HAVE KNOWN
THEM WITHOUT THIS.
AND SURE HAPPY TO MAKE THEIR
ACCLAIM.
>>> IT IS DIFFICULT FOR YOU THE
FLY, EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE FLYING
LESS.
IT IS STILL VERY CHALLENGING.
BUT YOU'RE REALLY OPEN TO ALL
QUESTIONS, BECAUSE YOU WANT TO
SHARE A POINT WITH PEOPLE ABOUT
THIS.
>> YOU KNOW, IF MY HELP IS I CAN
GET TO THE POINT IN YOUR LIFE, I
SEE EVERYTHING THROUGH
ROSE-COLOREDGRAsS, THERE ARE
CHALLENGE, DIFFICULTIES AND
MOMENTS, BUT EVERY DAY IS A
GREAT DAY.
IT IS FABULOUS TO WAKE UP IN THE
MORNING AND KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT
I'VE GOT ANOTHER DAY AND I'M
GOING THE MAKE THE ABSOLUTE BEST
OF IT.
IS ONE OF THE WONDERFUL GIFTS
AND I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF THEM
FR THIS, THAT I'VE REALLY
ENJOYED.
IF I CAN SHARE THAT AND HELP
PEOPLE TO GET THERE, ALL DAY
LONG I'LL BE HAPPY TO DO IT.