Twittering The Miracle On The Hudson

Janis Krums was on a ferry in the Hudson River when a jet landed on that New York City waterway. As the captain steered his boat to the floating plane, that soon had passengers standing on its wings and getting in lifeboats, Krums snapped a picture with his iPhone and twittered what was happening.

"There's a plane in the Hudson. I'm on the ferry going to pick up the people. Crazy," Janis twittered his way into history on Jan. 15 at 3:36 PM.

Click here for his shot seen round the world.

All this happened on my first day on twitter, which made for my own interesting inaugural. But the greatest piece of information I have to offer is that no one from the plane was killed or even badly hurt, thanks to incredibly cool heads and quick thinking from the pilots and crew of the plane and lifesaving assists from ferry and boat captains!

Check out a couple interviews with Janis, who through a day of almost constant media attention handled himself like a pro.
(Battery Park Interview BBC)
(Studio Interview BBC)

Tags: battery, bbc, hudson, janis, krums, new, park, river, twitter, york

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Comment by Ben Williams (BenWmsOnline) on January 19, 2009 at 12:03am: Yeah thats a very good example of just how useful Twitter can be in spreading news and information quickly.

Comment by J.D. Finch on January 18, 2009 at 8:52pm: Thanks, David. Yeah, the NY Times was pretty cranky about the whole thing too. But what do you expect, the newspaper business is going down the tubes, and this is a great example of why it's so. Sure, there are a lot of kinks to work out, but citizen journalism, through apps like twitter, won't be stopped.

Comment by David on January 18, 2009 at 6:49pm: Great stuff. I just blogged about this, in regards to a Daily News article that was a little cynical of all of this. Twitter is truly an amazing tool!