Flight 1549 in the Hudson

EXTERNSHIP AT ABC NEWS 20/20 Meghan Baker ’07 (center) hosted Sarah Reddan ’09 (L-R) and Chelsea McCue ’09. Photography by Chuck Zovko

In an externship at ABC News 20/20 in Manhattan, hosted by production assistant Meghan Baker ’07, Sarah Reddan ’09 and Chelsea McCue ’09 helped out with coverage of US Airways Flight 1549’s emergency landing in the Hudson River.

“It was exciting and hectic,” Reddan says. “US Airways Flight 1549 had crash-landed in the Hudson the day before. One of the producers was interviewing passengers from the plane and needed someone to bring the tapes back to the studio. Meghan sent us to the Essex House hotel, where a camera crew was setting up for the interview. I not only got to meet the producer and crew, I was able to watch the reporter, Jim Avila, interview a survivor who told a moving story about his experience. After the interview, the producer gave Chelsea and me the tapes to take back to ABC. We met Meghan in the studio, where we watched news anchor Elizabeth Vargas do podcasts.”