Arizona Republic: Pop culture expert discusses "Miracle on the Hudson"

Release Date: January 20, 2009 This content is archived.

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Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies, is quoted in an article in the Arizona Republic about the US Airways pilot who successfully piloted his lifeless craft into the Hudson River, and in the process, became a hero. "It would have been a good story if it was a woman. But, I think this whole idea of re-masculating the American male at a time when there is so much corruption and disappointment in our leaders, here's this guy in a uniform who finally got it right."

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