What is the hero's dilemma? Strict and critical professional torture, the tedious and arrogant hearing system, the pressure of public opinion overturned by reputation, and the obvious predicament are vivid in my mind, but it is impossible to piece together the answer to a motif: what is a hero? The film tries to create a "Sally moment" of the hero's predicament by repeatedly returning to the scene of the disaster in different scenes to illustrate what a hero is.
When a major danger occurs, choosing to return or make a forced landing at a nearby airport according to the tower's command is an irreproachable and compliant behavior in emergency situations. However, Sally chose to "bet" his life on the more dangerous Hudson River in 208 seconds. The "Sally moment" is, at a critical moment, whether to recklessly firmly believe in one's own decision to carry all others on his shoulders, or to choose to make a difficult decision that conforms to the conventional risk and is less risky. More specifically, in this extreme decision model, when following tower commands is even less of a crash risk than forced water, but with very different costs, the "Sally" option is all the more valuable. This leads to the interpretation of heroes, who are professional and skilled, firmly believe in judgment, bravely shoulder heavy burdens, and share their lives with each other.
In fact, the film goes to great lengths to describe the accident investigation after the forced landing, and sets the climax in the final hearing session, which also reflects the West's vigilance against heroic narratives. "Funerals should not be happier", and constant questioning and questioning is the only way to get closer to the truth and avoid fluke and opportunism.
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