Prelude To An Interview: 1549 + 1

It's been a year. I posted something I heard in an interview with a survivor of Flight 1549. We exchanged emails back and forth. I had hoped to put up an interview with Steve in sync with the anniversary. Then life, in the form of death, changed my plans.

I hope to post a blog interview soon-ish. Meanwhile Steve and I have been in touch. With his permission here's a snippet of recent correspondence:

I was reminded in the last year how we have miracles around us, I thought it very fitting in a message to your parents that you refer to their kids as miracles. Grades are important but the fact that they have their children in their life is an everyday living miracle most don't take time to appreciate.

If you dropped someone on earth who had never experienced the daily things we see: sunsets, change in seasons, flowers, night to dark, they may interpret these as miracles. The earth is so beautiful, I can not describe how beautiful everything looked when the door to Flight 1549 popped open after we came down in the river, it was the most blue sky and brilliant sunshine. I still feel that way.

Steve O'Brien