I just turned on the TV to get the news, and saw a report announcing that no one was killed - no one, apparently, even badly hurt when a commercial airliner went down in the Hudson River shortly after take off.

Thanks to the crews of the ferries and other boats most of the people were taken off from the plane without even getting wet. Good thing too - those that did get wet do have hypothermia.

That is quite something - with most of the financial news these days being bad - an against all the odds escape really rather puts things in perspective.

Crisis? Smisis!!

Anne the Pleater