CNN reports, “Al Haynes, a retired United Airlines pilot who is credited with commanding a crippled jet to a crash landing 30 years ago in Iowa, saving the lives of 184 passengers and crew, has died, according to the airline.” Anyone who is familiar with this crash understands how incredible the outcome was — more people actually survived than perished. I typically have a very strict definition of a “hero,” namely heroes are never around to know he or she is one. Otherwise, the person was lucky to have saved his or her own life along with everyone else’s. In this case, I’ll make an exception.
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