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Captain “Sully” Sullenberger lands his Airbus on the Hudson River after a bird strike takes
out the engines at La Guardia airport.
2012
NY Giants and Eli Manning win Superbowl XLVI. The city is hammered by Hurricane
Sandy, with several neighbourhoods in Downtown Manhattan and Brooklyn flooded: the
damage takes many months to clear up.
2013
Bill de Blasio becomes the first Democratic mayor since 1993, winning the election by a
landslide.