MOVERS & SHAKERS
WORLDS COLLIDE Before kicking off the 2019 season at the NHRA Winternationals,
past world champions Antron Brown, Erica Enders, Brittany Force and John Force
came together at zMAX Dragway near Charlotte to take part in the All-Star Motor
Sports Challenge, a segment on TNT’s coverage of the NBA All-Star weekend.
The drivers coached the two teams led by basketball greats Shaquille O’Neal
and Charles Barkley. The team rosters included analyst Ernie Johnson Jr., former
All-Star players-turned-analysts Kenny Smith, Baron Davis, Chris Webber, Reggie
Miller and analyst and current WNBA star Candace Parker.
FLIGHT 1549, 10 YEARS LATER PDRA Pro Nitrous standout Chris Rini poses
with the Airbus A320 on which he was one of 150 passengers who survived the
“Miracle on the Hudson” flight. This photo was taken January 15 at 3:31 p.m.,
exactly 10 years after the plane landed on the Hudson River in New York City.
MIRACLE WORKER As part of the 10th anniversary
celebration of the “Miracle on the Hudson” landing,
Rini, his wife Emily and her son Carson pose with Capt.
Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, who landed the plane on
the river, saving the lives of all 155 people on board.
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