Triumph Over Tragedy Story Briefs

When accidents, earthquakes, tsunamis, mudslides, volcanic eruptions and other disasters strike, how do we rebuild lives and triumph over despair?

Sully and Jeff Skiles had 208 seconds between a bird strike and a forced water landing on the Hudson. Both testified during the NTSB investigation.

Henry Bliss Northup was the man who rescued Solomon Northup - whose slave name was ''Platt Hamilton'' - from slavery.

A routine flight turns into a near-disaster when volcanic ash causes all four engines on a 747 to fail at 37,000 feet.

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