NEW : Passenger Valerie Collins noticed a back exit door n't open and water rushed in . Passengers aboard US Airways Flight 1549 hail the pilot for his heroics . Each of them lauded the heroics of the pilot , Chesley B . `` Sully '' Sullenberger III . Passenger Carl Bazariane : ` ` We were all waiting to see how we were gon na die '' ` ` We have a second chance in life , '' Brad ##en says .
NEW : Passenger Valerie Collins noticed a back exit door n't open and water rushed in . Passengers aboard US Airways Flight 1549 hail the pilot for his heroics . Passenger Carl Bazariane : ` ` We were all waiting to see how we were gon na die '' ` ` We have a second chance in life , '' Brad ##en says .