Out of Town, But Not Out of Touch Thanks to New York Times News Alert and MSNBC.com Live. Coverage of Hudson River Plane Crash Instantly Viewable
Thanks to a News Alert e-mail landing in my in-box at 3:57 p.m. (eastern standard time), 8:57 p.m., UK time, I found out about US Airways Flight 1549’s crash almost right away. After clicking on the link in the e-mail, live-at-the-time MSNBC video footage appeared.
Today’s plane crash was, allegedly, due to a double bird-strike by Canada Geese. Perhaps, as a result, more attention will be given to city birds and how man and nature can often end up as unfortunate accidental obstacles for each other.
Ironically, fighting jet lag (after an overnight transatlantic flight), I was in the midst of resizing imagery of Canadian migrating birds for a future blog post. Birds are too often taken for granted, and I was planning to show a wonderful personal in-city (Toronto) sighting. The shots that follow were taken from my bathroom window one late fall/early winter morning:
Birds collecting in the trees
Birds moving between trees
Birds close up
Birds taking off
It’s a shame there’s no audio with these photos. It was the sound the readying-to-depart birds made that alerted me, and was the most memorable.
MORE IMPORTANT NOW: Thankfully all passengers and crew from the downed US Airways plane were rescued swiftly and efficiently, with medical experts close by almost immediately. What an impressive operation! A true Manhattan miracle. Kudos to all involved, especially the pilot! A "good news" story!
