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Bill Zuhoski was among the survivors of Flight 1549, though for awhile, he wasn't sure he was going to make it.

"The people sitting next to me, we were, you know, interlocked with our arms. And then you just heard the pilot, brace yourself for impact. You know, how do you brace yourself for impact when you know the plane's about to crash," said Zuhoski.

With several New York Waterway ferries nearby to help with the rescue, most of the survivors were brought to Weehawken, including about 60 to 70 at the Port Imperial ferry terminal, which was transformed into a triage center. Many escaped injury and were simply wrapped in blankets and placed on buses, many in remarkably high spirits. Others were brought out on stretchers and loaded onto ambulances.

"Primarily the injuries are submersion, exposure, hypothermia. That's all. I mean, when I say that's all, there's no life-threatening injury there. They'll be in very good shape. They'll be fine within hours," said H. Mickey McCabe, Hudson County Office of Emergency Management, EMS Coordinator.

Others were taken to St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan and St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital. Doctors there said a flight attendant was being treated for a possible fracture, but for the most part passengers were lucky.

"We were getting people mobilized because we heard that a plane was submerged in the Hudson on a 20 degree day. And the potential was there for this to be devastating. That people are being discharged, that they're in good condition, I mean it's amazing," said Dr. Gabe Wilson, Associate Medical Director, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Emergency Department.

"You're happy to be alive, really. And honestly, you're glad to know that everybody else on the plane is okay," said Zuhoski.