>>> IT'S ALMOST EIGHT YEARS
SINCE THE PLANE CRASHED INTO THE
HUDSON RIVER AND THEY CALL IT
MIRACLE ON THE HUDSON.
>> ONE OF THE PASSENGERS ON THE
PLANE WAS FROM JACKSONVILLE.
HIS NAME IS CASEY JONES.
HE IS WITH US NOW.
AND CASEY, WITH THE MOVIE COMING
OUT, THE MOVIE SULLY COMING OUT
IN THEATERS THIS WEEK, YOU'R
GOING TO RELIVE THIS WHETHER YOU
WANT TO OR NOT.
>> NEVER FORGET.
I THINK ABOUT IT EVERY DAY.
I THINK ABOUT HOW FORTUNATE I AM
EVERY SINGLE DAY.
IT DRIVES ME IN A LOT OF WHAT I
DO BECAUSE I KNOW HOW LUCKY I AM
AND HOW FORTUNATE WE ALL WERE.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
TRANSFORMATION THAT HAPPENED TO
YOU.
TRANSFORMATION.
LIKE HOW IT MADE YOUR LIFE
TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
>> WOW.
SO WHEN THE CRASH HAPPENED WE
HAD ABOUT 90 SECONDS FROM BRACE
FOR IMPACT UNTIL IMPACT.
SO I KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO BE
THE MOST -- I'M GOING TO BE IN A
PLANE CRASH IN THE MOST
POPULATED CITY IN AMERICA AND
ALL KINDS OF THINGS GO THROUGH
YOUR MIND.
FAMILY.
WHAT WOULD THEY DO WITHOUT ME.
HOW AM I GOING TO GET OUT.
WILL IT BREAK APART BEHIND ME.
ALL THOSE THINGS.
>> SO 90 SECONDS IS A LIFETIME
OR NOTHING AT ALL.
>> IT WAS BOTH.
LIKE A LOT WENT THROUGH MY MIND.
>> WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE?
THE EXACT MESSAGE OVER THE OVER
HEAD SYSTEM?
>> THIS IS THE CAPTAIN.
BRACE FOR IMPACT.
THAT WAS IT.
THEN THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS WENT
INTO A PHRASE.
HEADS DOWN.
STAY DOWN.
BRACE BRACE.
HEADS DOWN STAY DOWN BRACE
BRACE.
AND THEN AS WE GOT CLOSER TO THE
WATER, WARNING SOUNDS FROM THE
COCKPIT.
THAT TERRAIN PULL UP PULL UP.
MOMENTS.
SCREAMING?
FLIGHT.
QUIET.
ME.
AND WE WERE GOING DOWN AND I
THINK EVERYONE WAS IN THEIR OWN
PLACE TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT WAS
GOING TO TURN OUT.
>> YOUR WIFE WAS HERE.
SHE WAS ON ANOTHER PLANE.
SHE WAS NOT GETTING THE NEWS AS
QUICKLY AS OTHER PEOPLE WERE.
BUT YOUR FIRST PHONE
CALL -- BECAUSE SHE WAS ON A
THE WING?
>> I WAS ON THE WING OF THE
PLANE.
DAUGHTER.
AND I TOLD HER, KAILYN.
I SAID IT'S ME.
I'VE BEEN IN A PLANE CRASH.
RIVER.
EVERYBODY KNOW.
UP.
>> DID SHE KNOW YOU WERE GOING
TO BE OKAY?
WASN'T IT LIKE 20 DEGREES?
>> THE BOATS STARTED TO COME.
I HAD A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE AT
THAT POINT.
THE WIND CHILL WAS 11.
THE WATER WAS 36.
THE WIND WAS ICING OVER.
IMPACT.
>> A LITTLE BIT.
I DON'T WANT TO OVERPLAY THAT.
I WAS IN THIS POSITION AND MY
HEAD HIT THE TRAY TABLE AND
OPENED A CUT THERE.
I DIDN'T FIND THE CUT UNTIL I
GOT BACK TO THE HOTEL ABOUT FIVE
HOURS LATER AND I WENT TO PUSH
MY HAIR AND SAW THE CUT.
>> AND WE -- WE MENTIONED AT
THE TOP OF THE INTERVIEW THAT
SULLY.
I WANT TO ASK YOU HOW YOU FEEL
ABOUT THAT AND TALK ABOUT YOUR
TRANSFORMATION.
LET'S LOOK AT THE TRAILER O THE
MOVIE FIRST.
>> THIS IS THE CAPTAIN.
BRACE FOR IMPACT.
>> WHAT?
>> BRACE BRACE BRACE.
HEADS DOWN.
STAY DOWN
BRACE BRACE BRACE.
♪♪♪♪ HEADS DOWN, STAY DOWN.
BRACE BRACE BRACE.
♪♪♪♪.
>> HOST: NOW THAT IS GOING TO
BE I'M SURE SO MANY MIXED
EMOTIONS FOR YOU.
I DON'T WANT TO RUN OUT OF TIME
WITHOUT BRINGING THIS UP.
PURPOSE.
YOU HEARD ON THE NEWS THERE WAS
A SHORTAGE OF TURKEYS ONE YEAR.
>> I WAS DOING A TALK AT A
LOCAL BUSINESS AND HEARD THE
WEEK BEFORE THANKSGIVING THAT
THE SALVATION ARMY LOST THEIR
PRIMARY DONOR FOR TURKEYS.
I FELT I NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING.
THERE WAS NOTHING I HAD THAT WAS
MY OWN THAT DAY.
IT GAVE ME A COMPASSION FOR THE
HOMELESS THAT I NEVER WOULD HAVE
HAD.
SENT AN E-MAIL.
24 HOURS WE RAISED ENOUGH MONEY
TO BUY 140 TURKEYS.
IT'S GROWN EVERY YEAR SINCE AND
WE DONATED NEARLY 1500 TURKEYS
>> IT'S BECOMING A NEW WAY OF
LIFE.
IT.
EVERY DAY RELATIONSHIPS.
HELPING, SMILING, CHANGING
DIFFERENCE.
>> WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
BEING ON THE SHOW AND SHARING
YOUR STORY.
IT'S AMAZING.
WITH YOU.
WEEKEND.
IT WILL BE IN THEATERS.
UP LATER ON THE SHOW.