From the San Jose Mercury News: Hero pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger of Danville is now every librarian's hero, too. When the US Airways pilot's plane ended up at the bottom of the Hudson River on Jan. 15, so did a book he had checked out from the library at California State University, Fresno, through his local library near Danville. Sullenberger contacted library officials and asked for an extension and waiver of overdue fees because the book, probably also a little waterlogged, was in the airliner's cargo hold when the plane went down. Sullenberger, who helped save the lives of his 150 passengers when he and his crew glided the crippled plane to an emergency landing, has been attracting national attention for the past few weeks, popping up at Sunday's Super Bowl, the inauguration and a hometown welcome party attended by a couple thousand people. He and his crew were set to give their first media interview last Sunday (I think) on the CBS show "60 Minutes." Fresno State library officials said they were struck by Sullenberger's sense of responsibility and did him one better: They're waiving all fees, even lost book fees, and placing a template in the replacement book dedicating it to him. The book's subject? Professional ethics.
