Another round for Sullenberger and Skiles

Another round for Sullenberger and Skiles

In January, Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger and First Officer Jeffrey Skiles safely brought US Airways Flight 1549, crippled by a flock of geese, down to a dramatic and safe landing in the Hudson River. Last week, the two once again flew the skies over New York together. While it wasn’t either pilot’s first commercial flight since the incident, this time they completed the route they never finished: from Charlotte, N.C., to New York’s LaGuardia Airport and back again. “It was sort of like coming back from Vietnam,” said veteran Don Lambert, a passenger on last week’s New York–bound leg. “Everybody was clapping and cheering.”

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Kevin Laue, 19, of Pleasanton, Calif., was born without much of his arm below his left elbow. But this fall, the 6-foot-11 Laue is playing center for Manhattan College’s basketball team. Laue doesn’t need a prosthetic to romp on the court: When passing, he uses his left arm to steady the ball in his right. When catching, he wields it to pin the ball into his right hand. And when shooting, his left arm helps balance and propel the ball into the air. Laue is looking forward to his opponents underestimating him. “They think they’re going to have an easy game and just whip on some one-handed kid. But I think I’ve surprised a couple people out there.”

Siberian husky is foster mom to three cats

When Sarah Kidder of Oakland was walking her Siberian husky, named Tamerack, last year, she came across a cat and two kittens that a neighboring family had abandoned when they moved away. So she brought them home. Almost immediately, Tamerack began licking and cuddling with them. They responded by following her around and sitting where she sat. Today Tamerack is something of a foster mother to the cats; all four eat, sleep, and play together. “She understands she’s a lot bigger than they are,” said Kidder, “so she’s very gentle with them.”