Purdue, Neil Armstrong present 'Hero of the Hudson' with medal

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  • Опубликовано: 29 ноя 2010
  • Purdue alumnus Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the Hero of the Hudson, was awarded the university's Neil Armstrong Medal of Excellence on Nov. 12, 2010, making him only the second person to earn the honor.
    Armstrong, a former astronaut and Purdue alumnus, returned to present the medal at a dinner that was part of his alma mater's annual President's Council Weekend. The Neil Armstrong Medal of Excellence recognizes individuals who have embodied the same pioneer spirit, determination and dedication that distinguished Neil Armstrong's exploration of space and his later roles as a businessman and scholar.
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Комментарии • 118

  • @fbella69
    @fbella69 Год назад +23

    There it is right there ladies and gentlemen - two of the finest pilots of our lifetimes - that embody the one quality that separates them from all others - the ability to remain cool under the most extreme pressure imaginable. What an honor to see them both occupy the same stage.

  • @imranetic
    @imranetic 6 лет назад +111

    To get an award from the man himself...what an honor for Sully.

    • @VesaGuardian
      @VesaGuardian 3 года назад +2

      To be able to give an award to the man himself... What an honor for Neil Armstrong. All we have is just a point to look upon things.

    • @imranetic
      @imranetic 3 года назад +2

      @@VesaGuardian I guess this contrarian viewpoint makes you believe that you are a very cool person with a unique personality.

    • @Beazle00
      @Beazle00 10 месяцев назад

      @@VesaGuardian Sully would profoundly disagree with you.

  • @lottiestanley7696
    @lottiestanley7696 6 лет назад +58

    A pair of wonderful gentlemen, in all ways. So glad he could receive the award from Neil Armstrong himself! What a great moment!!!

  • @rcom9880
    @rcom9880 5 лет назад +18

    Imagine the reassurance of seeing those two fellows greeting you from the cockpit of an airliner!

  • @mrvlsmrv
    @mrvlsmrv Год назад +8

    A fellow alumnus of the pilots who land in strange places club. Loved that part of the intro.

  • @janice8523
    @janice8523 4 года назад +27

    Two of the most amazing people in the world!

  • @zerobyte802
    @zerobyte802 4 года назад +21

    Neil is my hero. He embodies all of the qualities I admire and strive to emulate.

  • @beachbum1523
    @beachbum1523 2 года назад +6

    Gosh, if only more people could grasp what Sully was saying, what a beautiful world this could be.

  • @roberttompkins6489
    @roberttompkins6489 2 года назад +5

    Neal Armstrong was simply beyond heroic in stature. To get in a rocket to be flung to the moon with the plan to land and then be returned safely in an era of early space travel (rushed to a major extent), is still considered an accomplishment that still seems undoable with success to this very day. Of all the recognition events Sully has had following the event of his Hudson landing, this was surely the most important honor for him to share this stage.

  • @taketimeout2share
    @taketimeout2share 6 лет назад +56

    Neil IS the man. This will always be true.

    • @donvreeland8844
      @donvreeland8844 5 лет назад +1

      What about cool heads of '13 and Mir fire?

  • @sniperj808
    @sniperj808 11 месяцев назад +1

    What an honor to receive an award from the "First Man"! Two great American heroes.

  • @justinduval9462
    @justinduval9462 Год назад +6

    Amazing! Mr. Armstrong's legacy will live on forever! Boiler Up!!!🚂🆙

  • @bravenewchannel4477
    @bravenewchannel4477 4 года назад +14

    The "GOAT" of commercial airline pilots.

  • @fenderstratADHD
    @fenderstratADHD 5 лет назад +15

    Neil and Sully 2 real life superheroes

  • @rachell4417
    @rachell4417 3 года назад +7

    An extremely articulate man. Neil Armstrong

  • @ozspace1
    @ozspace1 12 лет назад +22

    Lovely watching this, just a few days after Neil's passing, he will be missed.

  • @Spacejunk63
    @Spacejunk63 5 лет назад +11

    Quite a award ceremony two Great Heros.

  • @khalidelgazzar
    @khalidelgazzar Год назад +2

    That video is full of positive energy

  • @jasonwhitaker4883
    @jasonwhitaker4883 6 лет назад +16

    Wow what a great speech from Sully. He speaks to every veteran, fire fighter, law enforcement officr, emergency medical services and all the other countless people who take on the responsibility and sacrifice to serve others! I’m sure if you asked him if he considers himself a hero he would most definitely say no. A quote from the unknown, “I was just an normal average person put in to a heroic situation” some times you come out on top and it’s a great story for Sully, his crew and all the passengers that were on board that flight and survived that incident!

    • @mmcbey1401
      @mmcbey1401 4 года назад

      AND he said it all without referring to any notes.

    • @ticharribetikymo257
      @ticharribetikymo257 2 года назад

      I'm pretty sure he's not talking about police officers, firefighters and EMTs, moron.

  • @beaconterraoneonline
    @beaconterraoneonline 4 года назад +16

    There are hero’s ... and then there is Neil Armstrong and Sully Sullenberger ... who I can say with confidence, stand a bit higher.

    • @rodneybarton-hall3867
      @rodneybarton-hall3867 Год назад

      Both heroisms are remarkable. To compare and rate one against the other belittles both.

  • @gasaholic47
    @gasaholic47 8 лет назад +70

    "A member of the "Pilots Who Land in Strange Places" club... LOL!

    • @Fremen2
      @Fremen2 4 года назад +1

      And he's not talking about landing on the moon. If you haven't read Tom Wolfe's the "Right Stuff" then you don't know what strange landing Neil is referring to.

    • @gasaholic47
      @gasaholic47 4 года назад +3

      @@Fremen2 No shit, Sherlock. I didn't read the book but I know what he's referring to.

  • @cshubs
    @cshubs 4 года назад +8

    I'm happy to have been born a few months before July 1969, so I can say I watched the landing. To be alive at the same time as Neil, to be in the same room. His name will live for as long as humans live.

    • @chiefsnarlsnortz1610
      @chiefsnarlsnortz1610 2 года назад

      Agreed! Although, I was 10!

    • @lotuselise4432
      @lotuselise4432 Год назад

      I was five I remember watching it on TV and running to the window to look at the moon.......

  • @ilovebeinagirl
    @ilovebeinagirl 11 месяцев назад +1

    Wow. i didn't know this ever happened. GULP! One heroic icon presenting an award to another!

  • @dcotai2902
    @dcotai2902 2 года назад +3

    ... a real human being and a real hero...

  • @ToliveisChristPhilippians121
    @ToliveisChristPhilippians121 3 года назад +2

    Congratulations, Captain Sully!! 😁🎊🎉🎆🎈 How most deserving! You are a true hero & amazing!! 😁 Thank you for having served our community and world as a truly remarkable pilot & for continuing to serve!! 😄 God bless you & your family & Purdue!! Very happy the "Miracle on the Hudson" happened & you are all alive! 😄👌 These days, I've gained a newfound respect for pilots and the aviation industry! :D

  • @_harbinjer
    @_harbinjer 5 лет назад +6

    idk how excited Sully is to get a metal in a box however if it was me I would be doing everything I could to maximize my time with Neil.

  • @Roguesquadroon
    @Roguesquadroon 7 лет назад +14

    Crying manly tears here...

  • @h2energynow
    @h2energynow 6 лет назад +7

    Probably the best 21 minutes of education I ever had. Thanks Sonya

  • @paulagaub9871
    @paulagaub9871 5 месяцев назад

    Sulley you are a very special man who still passes on that others are just as much or more deserving of thanks than he . Thank you from us all .

  • @kennethbutler1343
    @kennethbutler1343 5 лет назад +8

    July 20th 1969 was the day after my 10th birthday. I was disappointed they didn't land a day earlier, but it didn't diminish my awe at the accomplishment. Sully is an equal hero even though like Neil, he was just doing his job. But sometimes that makes you a true hero!

    • @finddeniro
      @finddeniro 4 года назад +1

      My Dad and Twin Brother. .July 21st. .1929. .Fourth birthday . .

    • @SteveR57
      @SteveR57 Год назад

      Dear Mr. Butler 20 July 1969 was two days before my 12th birthday. I was disappointed they didn't land two days later, but likewise their accomplishments remains the greatest thing we have done as a species.

  • @drugjail
    @drugjail 11 лет назад +33

    QUESTION. If you kill 3 or more people are a serial killer.
    If you SAVE hundreds as Sully did, he must be a serial life saver.
    Sully is a serial life saver.

  • @kellycreech7794
    @kellycreech7794 5 лет назад +4

    Totally speechless.

  • @trblmood
    @trblmood 6 месяцев назад +1

    So Sully was one of the top flier cadet from Purdue

  • @shahwilloughby4603
    @shahwilloughby4603 3 года назад +2

    Aww Bless. I love Sully!!!!

  • @reallyrural
    @reallyrural 7 лет назад +21

    July 20th 1969 I was six years old and was planted in front of the tv.

    • @scottdowney4865
      @scottdowney4865 6 лет назад +1

      reallyrural I was 5 and was glued to the TV as well.

    • @donvreeland8844
      @donvreeland8844 5 лет назад

      me too. Grandpa's farm in upstate NY

    • @fenderstratADHD
      @fenderstratADHD 5 лет назад

      So were both of my parents
      My dad is an airline pilot and I am so proud of him

  • @kaymuldoon3575
    @kaymuldoon3575 Год назад

    I remember watching the moon landing. I was 8 years old and my dad got us up to watch it. I’m so glad he did.

  • @Mithraatividades
    @Mithraatividades 3 года назад +2

    Just awesome that story!🙏

  • @Beazle00
    @Beazle00 10 месяцев назад

    Two men with the “right stuff” . Armstrong -the most admirable American since Washington.

  • @hugheskm87
    @hugheskm87 13 лет назад +6

    very cool! It would be nice to see the whole thing though... Hail Purdue!

  • @richardhutchison3123
    @richardhutchison3123 6 лет назад +5

    Congratulations Captain Sully! You are a true American Hero! BAR NONE!!!!! And...the background with the stars in space is perfect for the highlights of the occasion!

  • @FWtravels
    @FWtravels 5 лет назад +3

    Kneal Armstrength is my hero

  • @alohatic
    @alohatic 5 лет назад +6

    I don't know about you but after listening to his million-dollar voice, I wouldn't mind listening to him as a talk radio host or the host of the weekly top 40. The Sully Show or "The Weekly Top 40" with Sully. ;)

  • @reallyrural
    @reallyrural 7 лет назад +8

    21:38 Neil Armstrong

  • @chazmann108
    @chazmann108 2 года назад +2

    'inextricably intertwined'! Say it 3 times fast, bet you can't. Go Neil! - you stand alone as the mensch of space flight. Sully - saved 155 and Neil had the ability to crack the 'sea plane' joke. Sully was in awe of Neil as one would expect and these two are heroes: the likes of which we won't see again. Now we have punks and pigs and despots in DC. The worst sort of grifting animals who called guys like Neil, those buried at Bellau Woods - 'losers'. How in the name of God did we deteriorate so horribly in just a few years?

  • @flyingdutchwoman
    @flyingdutchwoman 6 лет назад +4

    i was almost 10 and also planted in front of the tv.

  • @DeeDee-ot2ly
    @DeeDee-ot2ly Год назад

    Did it seem that Captain Sullenberger's speech was cut short?

  • @joeyoliver579
    @joeyoliver579 5 лет назад +4

    I love how people say someone "won" the Nobel Prize. I never recalled a huge group of people competing for the it. I believe the Nobel Prize is an "award" which means a group or panel of people (usually pretty smart people) decides who (of the nominees) has made the most significant contribution in a field within the sciences and literature. So no, a person doesn't "win" a Nobel Prize.

    • @ticharribetikymo257
      @ticharribetikymo257 2 года назад +1

      What? You can't win an Oscar? Or an MVP in the NFL? Just look up the word "win" in the dictionary.

    • @sierrahp
      @sierrahp 2 года назад +1

      If it's a prize, it can only be won.

    • @joeyoliver579
      @joeyoliver579 2 года назад

      @@ticharribetikymo257 People dont "compete" for an Oscar (hollywood is non sense anyway) Players dont think before the Super Bowl (which is nonsense now too) Im going "win" the MVP. No, they want to win the game, playing it as hard as they can every play to win. The AWARD is then decided on by their peers. IS there a runner up for the MVP, or Oscar? What did their trophy look like???

    • @joeyoliver579
      @joeyoliver579 2 года назад

      @@sierrahp Wikipedia "The Nobel Prize is five separate prizes that, according to Sir Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to ”those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind.” Nobel Prizes are awarded in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace." ITS AN AWARD. Not a contest.

    • @ticharribetikymo257
      @ticharribetikymo257 2 года назад

      @@joeyoliver579 What? There's no way you believe what you're saying. Lol. You think people don't win the MVP?

  • @delfincita56
    @delfincita56 5 лет назад +2

    Podrían ponerle subtítulos al español,, lo amo Sully

    • @mega-hb4re
      @mega-hb4re 4 года назад

      India aprende ingles

  • @reallyrural
    @reallyrural 7 лет назад +2

    Sully at 15:15

  • @elinnagbpbaronmakiling4294
    @elinnagbpbaronmakiling4294 5 лет назад

    In the name of Jesus Christ bless all day long life and the other side of things to do this world thanks again and again I pray Lord Jesus Christ and almighty God bless you all people around the world is true and correct the name of Jesus bless all thank you so very much and I love you so very very much for all the best way to go back in town this world thanks again and again I pray Lord Jesus and his family and friends and all the best way to the first one to one another in this world thanks again I pray Lord Jesus Christ and almighty God and the holy spirit amen and amen

  • @donvreeland8844
    @donvreeland8844 5 лет назад +1

    Sorry to burst your bubbles of awe that Ditching is routine training - emergency landings. Trained and practiced many times over and over again.

    • @Shadowfax-1980
      @Shadowfax-1980 4 года назад +1

      Don Vreeland Few Sorry to burst YOUR bubble, but I’ll take the word of the first man to land on the moon as well as countless other pilots who all consider Sully’s achievement to be pretty remarkable.

    • @liftmanleigh
      @liftmanleigh 3 года назад +1

      And I would like to further burst your self serving bubble, following a statement from Capt. Sullenberger, there was NO training on water landing, and the simulator was unable to offer any training for this at all. All they had was some theoretical classroom discussions.

    • @donvreeland8844
      @donvreeland8844 3 года назад

      @@liftmanleigh OK, I was wrong. I expected as stated. During WW II USN Carrier Ops, many USN planes ditched in water. Even see on RUclips.
      I still say water ditching is no big deal.

    • @liftmanleigh
      @liftmanleigh 3 года назад +2

      A 60-70 knot water landing with the canopy back is somewhat easier to escape from than a 125knot totally enclosed airliner with 155 people on board

  • @tiddlesa.6125
    @tiddlesa.6125 Год назад +1

    These two make Biden look like a grub.

  • @nelsonegidio6540
    @nelsonegidio6540 Год назад

    And i thought heroes exist only in cartoons!

  • @dr.davidbannerf.e.s.6217
    @dr.davidbannerf.e.s.6217 5 лет назад +4

    So we have a huge problem with how things really behave in a low gravity vacuum, verses all of the film footage NASA put out showing astronauts, and rovers, and objects being thrown.
    All of the film footage shows astronauts, and rovers, and objects being thrown in a very thick atmosphere, where everything moves slower than normal, like in thin water or something. Much thicker than the Earth's atmosphere obviously because we in fact see things moving slowly. How can this be when there is hardly any atmosphere?
    You can't just say all of the film footage looks that way because there is less gravity on the moon. We have all seen film footage of astronauts onboard the ISS throwing things back and forth to each other, and how things in low gravity behave. And therefore we know that because the Moon has less gravity than Earth, it does not make everything move slower. Only a thicker atmosphere will cause that. Just because a one pound rock on Earth weighs the same as a good skipping stone on the Moon, doesn't mean that you can't throw it fast through the air. You can throw it fast through the "air" on the Moon, and it will travel far and fast too because there is very little atmosphere, almost a vacuum.
    So why are all of the NASA films showing INCORRECT PHYSICS?

    • @pulsarsbeam6411
      @pulsarsbeam6411 5 лет назад +1

      It has to do with cameras and data transmission. Most of the ISS video is shot in the 21st century lol, All the moon videos you seen are from early 70s. None of it was digital, it was done on film and analog. Most of it was done on film.

    • @pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504
      @pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504 4 года назад +1

      Dr. David Banner F.E.S.
      You see through it because it was faked, they never went to the moon, so count yourself as one of the enlightened.

  • @jimkelley1000
    @jimkelley1000 5 лет назад +11

    So we wait a full 7 minutes for the woman to get done with her intro, her 15 seconds in the limelight. I get so tired of skipping past long winded introductions on RUclips from boring, academic blowhards as I wait to hear from notable speakers and experts.

  • @ivandelabanque1806
    @ivandelabanque1806 2 года назад +1

    The only true hero is Sully,
    The other's, fake heroes, they never set foot on the moon..

    • @sammysouth8372
      @sammysouth8372 Год назад

      your hat maker called he’s out of tin foil.

  • @mega-hb4re
    @mega-hb4re 4 года назад +1

    True Heroes , gosh I wish these worthless kids nowadays follow their example.

  • @bellestar777
    @bellestar777 Год назад

    I wasn’t alive for the moon landing according to some people we didn’t go there at this point I don’t know what to believe the reason one thing I would say that Neil had written in a letter to people who didn’t believe he went there was mention about 20 places around the world and he said your free to believe what you want but I’m sure Russia would of made a big deal out of the fact if we never did go there. I feel sorry for Neil losing his daughter when he came back he didn’t like the limelight and I just seen a documentary where this guy from the UK wanted to meet Neil he emailed Neil and went and spoke to a lot of people that knew Neil and his damn barber said on tape in a interview the he took Neil’s hair and sold it to someone for $3,000 that to me is crazy like what is wrong with you people who belong in a padded room? I’m a native of New York and I will never forget miracles on the Hudson I’m sure his life has never been the same since this happened and man I wouldn’t mine being on a flight with him. R.I.P Neil Armstrong your are truly a legend and American hero along with our military.

  • @David-lb4te
    @David-lb4te 4 года назад +4

    Ridiculous comparison: Sullenberger handled an emergency for 10 minutes. That's it - his total fame and has based his life since then solely on this. Armstrong spent a career pushing the limits of flight and was the first explorer to another world, and yet remained a modest man. Like comparing Everest with a mole hill.

    • @tbone1212
      @tbone1212 Год назад +3

      But as a pilot he trained for years for that one moment pilots never hope will happen, and when it did , well all the training came together..truly a hero in his own right…