A U.S. AIRWAYS JET DITCHED IN THE HUDSON RIVER and everyone’s okay. That bespeaks excellent work by the flight crew, and excellent behavior by the passengers, too. According to radio reports I heard, commercial and private boats on the river started rescuing people immediately. But, of course, they’ve had practice at that sort of thing.

UPDATE: Citizen Journalism at work.

ANOTHER UPDATE: More at Popular Mechanics. Plus this technical assessment.