“My thanks goes out to the pilot — for his quick reaction and putting us down like he

Opinion: January 20, 2009 at 12:00a.m.

“My thanks goes out to the pilot — for his quick reaction and putting us down like he did. There could not have been a better scenario to this disaster. It could have been much worse. God really had to be with him as well.”

Shae Childers, 38

Of Gaggney, S.C., after she and 154 others survived a US Airways’ crash landing into the Hudson River.

“This campaign is not a one-time event. The test will be the day after. That is the test of deterrence.”

Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni

If Hamas continued to fire rockets at Israel even after a truce agreement was reached.