Politics | 01/15/2009 7:25 pm
Brittany Catanzaro, 19, A wowOwow "Top 20 Female Firsts" Designee, Saves 24 in Hudson River Airplane Rescue
Last month, we introduced you to Britanny Catanzaro, one of 20 women who we selected to wowOwow’s list of 2008’s Fabulous Female Firsts. Last year, the 19 year old became both the youngest and the first female ferry boat captain to ply the waterways in New York.
Today, she kicked off 2009 by adding hero to her young but impressive resume by being one of the first ferry captains to arrive at the scene of the dramatic emergency water landing of US Airways Flight 1549 in the frigid waters of the Hudson River in New York City. She and the crew of her vessel, the New York Waterways Ferry Thomas Kean, quickly pulled 24 passengers from the flight to safety.
Another wowOwow appreciation to Brittany Catanzaro.























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