Editor's note: Stratton Tingle of Cape Girardeau has returned from eight months in Africa. He is spending May in Arizona to work on a film project before returning to Cape Girardeau for the summer.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Eleven years ago on January 15, Flight 1549 bound for Charlotte made a crash landing into the icy Hudson River. Shortly after takeoff, the jet's engines were taken out by a flock of ...