A video of the landing was recorded and widely broadcast in the international media.[5] Wrona was described as a hero in Polish and International media[6][7][8] and by the Polish president Bronislaw Komorowski.[9] Komorowski spoke to Wrona shortly after the incident, and announced that state decorations were to be given out to Wrona and the rest of the flight crew.[8][9] In subsequent interviews Wrona downplayed his role in the event.[10] After the event internet fan websites, including Facebook, were established to celebrate his accomplishment, many of which included a pun on his name, "Fly like an eagle, land like a Crow" ("wrona", pronounced "vro-nah", means "crow" in Polish).[10]
He was compared to Chesley Sullenberger who successfully ditched US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River on January 15, 2009, also without any serious injuries.[10][11] Sullenberger himself, in a CNN interview, congratulated Wrona and stated that this might have been the first emergency landing of its kind.[11]
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