US Air flight crashes into Hudson River.

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Originally Posted by Moonliner

Wow. Just wow.

I just had a discussion with some of the folks here at the office. They heard at the time of the crash the water temperature was 40 Degrees and the outside temp was in the teens, so they said they would have waited in the water where it was warmer.

Oy vey!

Which is dumb since 40 is plenty cold enough to get hypothermic and water will pull heat away from you WAY quicker than air