>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME, CAPTAIN "SULLY" SULLENBERGER!
>> Stephen: NOW-- >> WHAT A WELCOME, WOW.
>> Stephen: ISN'T THAT A NICE WELCOME.
WE DID NOT FORCE THEM TO DO THAT.
THEY JUMPED TO THEIR FEET OF THEIR OWN ACCORD.
DO YOU GET TIRED OF THAT?
>> IT'S THE STORY.
IT'S THE POWER OF THIS STORY THAT STILL TOUCHES PEOPLE.
>> Stephen: WELL, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT REMEMBER, IT
WAS IN WOW 9.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: FLYING OUT OF LaGUARDIA, TELL THE FOLKS WHAT
HAPPENED.
>> WE WERE HEADED FOR CHARLOTTE, AND IT WAS THE DAY LIKE 10,000
OTHER DAYS UNTIL IT WASN'T, 100 SECONDS AFTER TAKEOFF, WE
ENCOUNTERED A FLOCK OF GEESE THAT DISABLED BOTH ENGINES.
AND FROM THAT POINT UNTIL WHEN WE LANDED MY FIRST OFFICER JEFF
SCIELS AND I DID SOMETHING WE HAD NEVER DONE BEFORE AND GOT IT
RIGHT THE FIRST TIME FORTUNATELY.
OUR FLIGHT ATTENDANTS EVACUATED THE AIRPLANE.
NEW YORK WATERWAY RESCUED US.
EVERYONE SURVIVED.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) BUT, BUT --
>> GO AHEAD.
>> BUT THE MOVIE IS ABOUT MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
IT LASTS MORE THAN THE FLIGHT DID.
>> Stephen: IT'S NOT A 208-SECOND MOVIE.
>> NO.
>> Stephen: WELL, EVERYBODY WAS MOVED BY THE STORY.
WHEN IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED, HOW DID YOU MAKE THAT DECISION?
BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE SORT OF THING THAT YOU CAN TRAIN FOR.
THEY DON'T GET YOU TO TEST, YOU KNOW, HOW TO LAND ON WATER
BECAUSE IF DESTROYS THE PLANE WHEN YOU DO IT.
HOW DID YOU LEARN HOW TO LAND ON WATER?
>> YOU KNOW, IN OUR FLIGHT SIMULATORS IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE
FOR US TO PRACTICE WATER LANDINGS BECAUSE THEY AREN'T
PROSPECTED FOR IT.
THE ONLY TRAINING WE HAD EVER GOTTEN WAS THEORETICAL CLASSROOM
DISCUSSION.
>> Stephen: SO CHALKBOARD.
>> YES.
SO WE HAD TO DIG DEEP, TAKE WHAT WE DID KNOW, ADAPT IT AND APPLY
IT IN A NEW WAY TO SOLVE A PROBLEM WE'D NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
>> Stephen: DID YOU EVER THINK IN A MILLION YEARS THAT YOU
WOULD BE DOING A WATER LANDING?
>> NO, OR BEING ON THIS SHOW, OR HAVING --
>> ONE THING AT A TIME.
TOM HANKS.
>> OR HAVING TOM HANKS OR CLINT EASTWOOD INVOLVED IN TELLING THE
STORY.
>> Stephen: SOMEBODY IN THE PLANE WHO HEARS THE SAFETY
INSTRUCTIONS OVER AND OVER, THEY SAY, "IN CASE OF A WATER
LANDING," I ALWAYS THINK, "YEAH, RIGHT.
YOU KNOW THESE THINGS ARE METAL, RIGHT?"
>> EVERY YEAR IN RECURRENT TRAINING, PILOTS AND FLIGHT
ATTENDANT GOES THROUGH THAT, FOR YEARS I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE
THOUGHT IT'S REALLY UNLIKELY, AND GEEZ, IF IT WOULD HAPPEN,
I'M NOT SURE HOW WELL IT WORK AT LEAST IN SITUATION LIKE
THIS-- PART OF OUR JOB IS TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE WHATEVER HAPPENS
NO MATTER HOW UNEXPECTED OR HOW UNANTICIPATED IT IS.
>> Stephen: LET'S GOING GET BACK TO THE THINGS YOU COULD NOT
HAVE ANTICIPATED WHICH IS TOM HANKS PLAYING YOU AND CLINT
EASTWOOD DIRECTING TOM HAICHGS.
WHAT WAS YOUR MEETING LIKE WITH THEM?
YOU'RE NOT A HOLLYWOOD GUY.
HOW DID YOU GET TO KNOW THEM?
THE DOORBELL RANG, I OPENED IT, AND CLINT EASTWOOD WAS THERE.
>> Stephen: DID YOU KNOW HE WAS COMING?
BECAUSE THAT WOULD FRIGHTEN ME IF THE DOOR OPENED AND HE WAS
JUST THERE.
>> YEAH HE'S NOT THAT FRIGHTENING A GUY.
>> Stephen: HE'S NOT.
>> HE'S A NICE GUY.
HE'S NOT "DIRTY HARRY" IN REALITY.
SO I GOT THE HEADS UP.
I GOT ABOUT 10 DAYS' NOTICE.
WE HAD LUNCH.
WE TALKED ABOUT THREE HOURS ABOUT MAKING MOVIES.
AND I THINK HE WAS JUST TRYING TO GET THE MEASURE OF US, LAURIE
AND ME, IN OUR HOME, IN OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, BEFORE HE
MADE ANY CASTING DECISIONS.
BUT I THINK, FROM WHAT I GATHER, TOM WAS AT THE TOP OF ALMOST
EVERYONE'S LIST.
>> Stephen: MOST LISTS.
MOST LISTS.
WHAT'S IT LIKE TO SEE TOM HANKS PORTRAY YOU ON SCREEN?
DO YOU RECOGNIZE YOURSELF UP THERE?
>> MY WIFE DOES.
( LAUGHTER ) I MEAN, IT'S HARD FOR EACH OF US
TO SEE OURSELVES THAT WAY.
WHAT DO I LOOK LIKE IN THE BACK.
>> Stephen: IT'S HARD TO RECOGNIZE YOU BECAUSE YOU DON'T
HAVE THE MUSTACHE.
>> I CUT IT OFF AFTER TWO YEARS OF LOBBYING AND BEGGING AND
PLEADING MY WIFE FINALLY CONVINCED ME IT WAS TIME FOR A
CLEAN LOOK, TIME FOR A CHANGE.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
SHE WAS RIGHT.
>> Stephen: ARE THERE ANY-- YOU'VE BEEN HONORED IN SO MANY
DIFFERENT WAYS.
HERE YOU ARE WITH THERE'S THE PRESIDENT.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: RIGHT THERE AND THE FIRST LADY.
THAT WAS STILT HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR DAUGHTERS.
>> Stephen: THROWING OUT THE FIRST PITCH THERE.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: HERE YOU ARE TAKING UP MORE PAGE SPACE THAN
BEYONCE, WHICH IS NOT EASY TO DO.
>> WOW, WOW, I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: ANYTHING ELSE YOU
PARTICULARLY ENJOYED?
>> OH, GOSH, BEING THE GRAND MARSHAL OF THE TOURNAMENT OF
ROSES.
>> Stephen: OH, THAT'S NICE.
>> IN THE 2009, JANUARY 1, 2010, WAS JUST INCREDIBLE.
WE GOT TO SHARE IT WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE.
>> Stephen: JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER YOU DID THIS, MYSELF
AND STEVE CARELL, HONORED YOU BY DOING A SONG ABOUT YOU AT THE
AUTISM BENEFIT AND I JUST UPON TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE TASTE OF
OUR SALUTE TO SULLY.
JIM.
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE PILOT HAS TURNED ON THE GET DOWN
SIGN.
♪ BUCKLE UP TIGHT BECAUSE IT'S A REAL SHORT FLIGHT
♪ IF YOUR MUSTACHE ACROSS FROM THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT
♪ A GAGGLE OF GEESE JUST SURRENDERED THEIR SOULS
♪ RUB YOUR MUSTACHE TWICE AND GRAB THE CONTROLS
♪ BRACE FOR IMPACT, MAKE SURE YOUR MUSTACHE IS NOT TOO WAXY
♪ YOU'RE WALKING ON WATER AND YOU BROUGHT IT ON HOME
♪ YOU THREW A SALUTE AND YOUR MUSTACHE IS COMBED ♪
>> Stephen: YOU'RE WELCOME.
YOU'RE WELCOME.
BEFORE YOU GO, JUST SO PEOPLE WILL RECOGNIZE YOU AT HOME,
WOULD YOU-- WOULD YOU-- WE'VE PROVIDED YOU WITH AWE LITTLE
SOMETHING RIGHT HERE.
>> ON ONE CONDITION THAT WE BOTH DO THE SAME THING.
READY, ONE, TWO, THREE.
HOW DO I LOOK?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> Stephen: OH, MY GOD!
IT'S-- >> IT'S LIKE LOOK, IN THE
MIRROR.
>> Stephen: LOOK, IT'S, IT'S TOM HANKS!
>> Stephen: "SULLY" IS IN THEATERS THIS FRIDAY.
CAPTAIN "SULLY" SULLENBERGER, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.