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PHOTOS: Relive the Miracle on the Hudson

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Thursday, January 15, 2015
An Airbus 320 US Airways aircraft that crashed into the Hudson River was towed to the west side of Manhattan for further inspection.
Passengers in an inflatable raft move away from an Airbus 320 US Airways aircraft that has gone down in the Hudson River in New York.
Passengers in an inflatable raft prepare to move away from an Airbus 320 US Airways aircraft that has gone down in the Hudson River in New York.
Passengers in an inflatable raft prepare to move away from an Airbus 320 US Airways aircraft that has gone down in the Hudson River in New York.
Authorities move an unidentified passenger, second from right, to a waiting ambulance after the plane she was on crashed into the Hudson River, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009.
An Airbus 320 US Airways aircraft that went down in the Hudson River is seen in New York, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009.
An Airbus 320 US Airways aircraft that went down in the Hudson River is seen in New York, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009.
Passengers in an inflatable raft move away from an Airbus 320 US Airways aircraft that has gone down in the Hudson River in New York.
New York City police officers look over part of the US Airways Airbus 320 that crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday, January 15, 2009
A crane looms over the submerged wreckage of US Airways flight 1549 as it prepares to lift the Airbus A320 from its makeshift mooring.
The wreckage of US Airways Flight 1549 is lifted from the waters of lower Manhattan Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009, in New York.
The wreckage of US Airways Flight 1549 sits on a barge after being lifted out of the Hudson River at the southern tip of Manhattan as seen from Jersey City.
A worker looks into the damaged right engine of the US Airways Airbus A320 that made an emergency landing in the Hudson River.
With Jersey City in the background, a crippled US Airways Flight 1549 rests on a barge on the Hudson River in New York, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009.
The wreckage of US Airways Flight 1549 sits on a barge at Weeks Marina in Jersey City, N.J. on Monday, Jan. 19, 2009.
Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the US Airways pilot who landed in New York's Hudson River with all onboard escaping safely, smiles during a homecoming celebration.
The fuselage of the U.S. Airways jetliner that splashed down into the Hudson River is escorted by police on Saturday Jan. 31, 2009.
Air Traffic Control Specialist Patrick Harten, right, is all smiles as US Airways flight 1549 Capt. Chesley B Sullenberger III.
US Airways jet, flight 1549, is trucked onto local streets after leaving J. Supor and Sons warehouse in Harrison, N.J.
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An Airbus 320 US Airways aircraft that crashed into the Hudson River was towed to the west side of Manhattan for further inspection.
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