Health‘Sully’ Sullenberger announces he has Alzheimer’s disease

Capt. Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger III has announced that he has Alzheimer’s disease. He is best known for safely landing a plane on the Hudson River in 2009 after bird strikes disabled both engines. The announcement concerns the health of the pilot associated with that widely remembered emergency landing.

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