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By Colleen Long / The Bulletin
January 18, 2009
NEW YORK — Soon after US Airways Flight 1549 took off from LaGuardia Airport, Vallie Collins heard a boom and started smelling smoke. When the captain urged passengers to brace for impact, she immediately reached for her phone.
“I thought, ‘OK, I’m not....
