Right Place, Right Time

There’s not better place to have a spot news assignment than New York City, assuming there is a good place for spot news. Yesterday’s plane crash into the Hudson River turned out great for passengers, crew, and staffers at The New York Times, Reuters, EPA, and  AP.

Gary Hershorn of Reuters leads the New York Times slide show of the spectacular rescue of passengers standing on the wings of the plane as it floats down the river. His coworker, Brendan Mcdermid, adds to the drama in the MSNBC slide show with a tight shot of passengers in rafts attached to the plane as rescue boats approach as did Bebeto Mathews of the AP.

Eds Note: The links for this story may be changed as photos are added to the slide shows.

Another Eds Note: Gary Hershorn of Reuters describes how he and his staff covered the crash from their New York headquarters