PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Hero pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger has been named grand marshal of the 121st Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena.
The theme of the New Year's Day parade will be "2010: A Cut Above The Rest."
Sullenberger safely ditched US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River last January after bird strikes crippled the airliner during take-off from New York's LaGuardia Airport.
All 155 people aboard safely escaped the aircraft.
The Tournament of Roses announced Sullenberger's selection on Thursday.
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