Go Sully

by digby

There were so many depressing stories this past year that sometimes you just hated to pick up a paper or tune on the news. But that landing on the Hudson really lifted my spirits when it happened and I’m glad to see Sully Sullenberger being honored all over the place.

Today’s was just great:

After a run of celebrity grand marshals, a real American hero led the Rose Parade on Friday.

Onlookers stood and cheered as Capt. Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger III rode down Colorado Boulevard in a vintage 1928 Pierce Arrow with his wife, Lorrie, and two daughters as part of the annual armada of flower-draped floats, marching bands and prancing horses.

Sullenberger said he did not hesitate when asked to serve as grand marshal because his family has watched the parade when he was growing up in Texas.

“It’s really an American institution, a celebration of American values,” he said after the parade. “I think people see those in me, and I’m glad.”

Hemingway called it grace under pressure and he has it in spades. If more Americans had it too we’d be a lot better off.

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