By now, everyone on Earth knows about this story. When the very liberal Chicago Tribune ran the article, they called it, "the miracle on the Hudson." Everyone "believed" that day.

Hero's Welcome to Hudson River Pilot

by Jason Dearen
Associated Press Writer
January 24, 2009

CBNNews.com - DANVILLE, Calif.- Thousands of people holding signs and waving American flags cheered wildly Saturday to honor the pilot who safely landed a US Airways jetliner in the Hudson River. He told them he and his crew were only doing their jobs.

Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger was given a hero's homecoming, complete with a marching band, in Danville, the San Francisco suburb where he and his family live.

Sullenberger said he was grateful for the outpouring of support since the Jan. 15 emergency landing, and that he and his crew were only doing their jobs.

"Circumstance determined that it was this experienced crew that was scheduled to fly that particular flight on that particular day," he told the crowd.

"But I know I can speak for the entire crew when I tell you we were simply doing the job we were trained to do."

Sullenberger's brief comments were his first since he brought Flight 1549 to an emergency river landing in New York City. All 155 people on board survived.

The pilot's wife, Lorraine Sullenberger, said through tears that she was amazed at the warm treatment the family has received. She said she was not surprised by her husband's heroism.

"I have always known him to be an exemplary pilot. I knew what the outcome would be that day because I knew my husband," she said. "But mostly for me, he's the man that makes my cup of tea every morning."

Around 3,000 people gathered under drizzly skies in the town square as Sullenberger was given a key to the city and named an honorary Danville police officer.

Jim and Jane Foreman, of nearby Alamo, came to the event with their daughter and grandchildren.

"He's America's hero," said Jim Foreman. "This doesn't happen all the time, it's very unique. We're just so proud of him."

Sullenberger will give his first media interview to Katie Couric on CBS' "60 Minutes." The episode is expected to air Feb. 8

Here is a story that is so simple in nature yet so profoundly moving that it should be on the prime time news shows. If my memory is correct, kindergarten is 5 year olds. These 5 year old kids are aces in my book

Students Raise Money for Kenyan Orphans

CBN News
January 23, 2009

CBNNews.com - The gift of giving knows no age nor boundary. This is especially true for one kindergarten class in Mississippi.

The students at Northeast Elementary in Lauderdale County raised almost $700 for needy kids half way around the world.

The Limuru Children Centre, an orphanage in Kenya, began in 2004. It is the home to 35 children ranging in age from four to fifteen-years-old, including some with HIV.

The kindergarten class sold sweatshirts and will send the proceeds to the orphanage in Kenya.

Blair Miles, the elementary school teacher who organized the fundraiser, said she hopes that by giving to other kids their age in a third-world country, her students will learn a sense of responsibility.

"I hope they have a sense of responsibility, the sense to help others when in need," she said.

"There are people here locally who are in need as well, but when I had a friend who was doing this in Africa, I just had a strong sense as an educator I could impact my students lives as well as the students in Kenya," she explained.

Will Porter of Global Connections, a non-profit organization also dedicated to helping regions of the world like Kenya, said he was impressed with Blair's efforts.

"It's amazing. Blair just called me several months ago saying they were raising money, and I was really blown away," he said.

More than half of Kenya's 31.3 million people live in extreme poverty.

And [if] thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness [be] as the noonday:
Isaiah 58:10