Miracle on the Hudson

On Thursday January 15, I was sitting in Moe's Southwestern Grill and suddenly noticed the broad casted headline on the bottom of the CNN screen. A US Airways plane crashed into the Hudson River and all 155 passengers survived. I watched the rotating images on the screen but could not hear the reporting side of the story. I came home later that day to follow the amazing story of the plane that was destined for Charlotte, NC, and couldn't help but notice the emotions of the reporters covering this incredible headline. They spoke to the public in most sympathetic tones and delivered the story with the watchers affected by this crash landing in mind. I was proud to see the newscaster's emotional sides shine through their reporting, for they really spoke with uttermost amazement and sympathy for the passengers on board and the television audience watching it firsthand. I intially thought that reporters must maintain a straight-faced, unaffected appearance, but the reporters covering the story really let observers know that they were just as amazed as their audience.