Leave it to TMZ to get apparently the first post-Miracle on the Hudson photo of Captain Chesley Sullenberger. The gossip website reports, "The most famous pilot on the planet made his first public appearance in D.C. last night, at a low-key dinner with some members of his heroic flight crew and several passengers from Flight 1549. The name of the restaurant -- Hudson... Seriously." Ha! Sullenberger also greeted various admirers—and "As if to take revenge on the birds that brought down his jet, Sully dined on buttermilk fried chicken." Sullenberger and the crew were in D.C. for the inauguration; in his hometown of Danville, California, the mayor is planning a "welcome home" event (the Governator is invited, too!) for the pilot. We hope he makes his way back to NYC for Mayor Bloomberg to give him that key to the city, too.
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