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On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed a remarkable emergency landing when Captain "Sully" Sullenberger skillfully glided US Airways flight 1549 onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 passengers and crew. His cool actions not only averted tragedy but made him a hero and an inspiration worldwide. His story is now a major motion picture from director/producer Clint Eastwood and starring Tom Hanks, Laura Linney, and Aaron Eckhart.

When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But the lecture he gave - "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" - wasn't about dying. It was about the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams of others, of seizing every moment (because "time is all you have... and you may find one day that you have less than you think").

In this inspirational autobiography, Captain "Sully" Sullenberger, the airline pilot whose emergency landing on the Hudson River earned the world's admiration, tells his life story and talks about the essential qualities that he believes have been so vital to his success.

For nearly 20 years, First You Have to Row a Little Boat has enchanted and endeared sailors and non-sailors alike, but foremost, anyone who seeks large truths in small things. This audio edition will find a place in the hearts of a whole new generation. Includes a foreword from New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Zaslow.

NEL MOMENTO DEL PERICOLO IL FATTORE UMANO FA LA DIFFERENZA. Il 15 gennaio 2009 il mondo intero è stato testimone di uno dei più spettacolari ammaraggi d'emergenza della storia dell'aeronautica civile, quello sul fiume Hudson. Quel giorno il comandante Sullenberger salvò la vita di centocinquantacinque persone. Senza saperlo, era diventato un eroe.

Muchos profesores pronuncian conferencias con el título «La última lección». En ellas, los organizadores suelen pedirles que se planteen su propia muerte y consideren qué es lo que más les importa en la vida. Cuando se invitó a Randy Pausch—profesor de ciencias informáticas de Carnegie Mellon—a impartir esta conferencia, no tuvo que echar mano de su imaginación, porque le acababan de diagnosticar un cáncer terminal.

Em 15 de janeiro de 2009, o mundo testemunhou um pouso de emergência notável quando o comandante Chesley Sullenberger, um piloto com mais de vinte mil horas de voo, habilidosamente deslizou o avião da US Airways sobre o rio Hudson, em Manhattan, salvando todas as 155 vidas a bordo. Poucos minutos depois de decolar do aeroporto LaGuardia, o voo 1549 ganhava altitude quando a fuselagem estremeceu. Ao colidir com um bando de pássaros, o avião perdeu ambos os motores. O sangue-frio do piloto não apenas evitou uma enorme tragédia, mas o transformou em herói.