GMA's Robin Roberts tells Tom Hanks how she saw 'Miracle on the Hudson' crash from her apartment and thought it was '9/11 all over again'
- 'Good Morning America' anchor Robin Roberts spotted the low-flying US Airways flight 1549 as it headed for the Hudson River in 2009
- Roberts told Tom Hanks that she was the second person to call 911 that day
- At first, Roberts thought the plane was another terrorist plot similar to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center
- The 'Miracle on the Hudson' is the subject of Clint Eastwood's latest movie 'Sully,' starring Hanks as hero captain Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger
Robin Roberts has recounted to 'Sully' star Tom Hanks how she thought the 'Miracle on the Hudson' landing seven years ago was another terrorist attack on New York.
The 'Good Morning America' anchor was at home when she spotted US Airways Flight 1549 as it headed to the Hudson River on January 15, 2009.
'Into the Hudson River....a US air... oh my gosh,' a shocked Roberts is heard in a recording of the 911 call, which was the second to report the low-flying plane.
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'Good Morning America' anchor Robin Roberts told 'Sully' star Tom Hanks she thought the 'Miracle on the Hudson' landing seven years ago was another terrorist attack on New York
Hanks stars as hero captain Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger in Clint Eastwood's biopic of the incident, when the US Airways Flight 1549 landed on the Hudson River on January 15, 2009
'You saw a commercial airline plane flying low over the skyline of Manhattan, so what did you think?' asked Hanks, who stars as hero captain Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger in Clint Eastwood's biopic of the incident.
'I thought: 9/11 all over again,' Roberts told him as they discussed the movie on 'Good Morning America.'
Hanks, 60, replied: 'Look what happened instead. I think the amazing thing about the movie and what Sully did is what was avoided.
'New York City and America did not need to see another wrecked plane.'
US Airways Flight 1549 landed on the Hudson River on January 15, 2009, as it headed to Charlotte, North Carolina
The aircraft went into the emergency landing after it struck a flock of Canada geese three minutes into the flight
The 'Miracle on the Hudson' incident is being pictured on 'Sully,' which stars Tom Hanks (left) as hero captain Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger (right)
There were 155 passengers aboard the Charlotte-bound US Airways Flight 1549.
The first sign of trouble appeared minutes after take off from LaGuardia Airport, as the plane began to shake.
The aircraft had struck a flock of Canada geese three minutes into the flight.
Both engines quickly lost power as the plane neared the George Washington Bridge.
The wreckage of the US Airways airplane that crashed in the Hudson River emerges out of the river as emergency crew workers attempt to hoist it with a crane
The movie shows Sullenberger and co-pilot Jeff Skiles, played by Aaron Eckhart in 'Suly,' as they tried to land at New Jersey's Teterboro Airport — but were too far
There were 155 passengers aboard the Charlotte-bound US Airways Flight 1549. Only minor injuries were reported
Sullenberger and co-pilot Jeff Skiles, played by Aaron Eckhart in 'Suly,' at first tried to land at New Jersey's Teterboro Airport — but they were too far.
The pilots aimed for the only runaway they could see — the Hudson River — and safely landed.
The biopic behind Sullenberger's heroic act, 'Sully,' hits theaters on September 9.
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