anis Krums of Sarasota, Fla., boarded a ferry on the Hudson River on Jan. 15 expecting a ride, not a rescue.
When US Airways Flight 1549 crash landed in the river off Midtown Manhattan, the ferry Krums was riding rushed to help. On the way, Krums took a photo on his iPhone and shared the photo on Twitter.
“There’s a plane in the Hudson. I’m on the ferry going to pick up the people. Crazy,” Krums wrote when posting the photo online at TwitPic.com. Within the hour, Krums (or ‘jkrums’ on Twitter) was talking to MSNBC about the rescue and photo, which attracted nearly 40,000 views in the first four hours after the crash.