Holmes covered the historic first papal visit to the United States of Pope Benedict XIV in 2008 , including anchoring live from the mass at Yankee Stadium . Holmes secured some of the first stories from the survivors of the US Airways Flight 1549 that crash landed in the Hudson River in January 2009 . Holmes also reported from the campus of the University of Mississippi during the first presidential debate between Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama
US Airways Flight 1549
US Airways Flight 1549
T. J. Holmes