Rise up sunshine. Welcome to the show.
I'm Ky Wire. This is CNN 10 and we got
your news for this January 15th, the
birth date of one of the most important
leaders in American history, Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. Born in 1929 right here
in Atlanta, Georgia. He became a Baptist
minister and a powerful voice for civil
rights. Dr. King led peaceful protests
to challenge racism and segregation,
believing that change should come
through non-violence. His famous I have
a dream speech inspired millions to
imagine a more equal nation. In 1964, he
won the Nobel Peace Prize, and his
legacy continues to shape the fight for
justice today. Happy birthday, sir. Next
up, also on this day in history, January
15th, 2009. A story that still feels
impossible years later. A passenger
plane lost both engines just after
takeoff over one of the busiest cities
in the world. And the pilot split-second
decision saved dozens of lives. Just
minutes after takeoff from New York's
LaGuardia Airport, US Airways flight
1549 runs into trouble.
>> Cactus 1539 hit birds. Lost thrust on
both faces. Returning back towards
LaGuardia.
>> Okay. Uh you need to return to
LaGuardia. Turn left. Heading up 220.
>> 220.
>> Tire. Stop your departure. Got emergency
returning.
>> A bird strike. Birds entering both
engines causes an immediate loss of
power. With no runway within reach,
Chesley Sully Sullenberger makes a
split-second decision to land on the
Hudson River.
>> We're unable. We may end up in the
Hudson. All 155 passengers and crew on
board survived. Investigators later
confirmed that Sullenberger made the
safest possible call and the landing
became known as the miracle on the
Hudson.
>> In aviation, the bottom line is that the
single most important piece of safety
equipment is an experienced,
well-trained pilot.
>> Next up, a space flight that's made
history, shattering the ceiling on who
gets to soar among the stars. A
parapollegic engineer from Germany is
now officially part of space history.
Michaela Michii Bent House is a
mechatronics and aerospace engineer at
the European Space Agency, disability
advocate and now the first wheelchair
user to fly above the Carmen line, the
internationally recognized edge of
space. 7 years after a mountain biking
accident and a spinal cord injury, Bent
House says her life changed, but her
lifelong dream of going to space did
not. I think there was not like this one
moment where I realized that my dream of
going to space is not over.
>> Blue Origin says the spacecraft itself
didn't need redesigning because
accessibility was part of the original
New Shepard design. While ground systems
like elevator access and improved
harnesses help astronauts get in and out
safely. Bent house says being first
isn't just about space, it's about
inclusion for everyone. I feel like a
little bit the responsibility of being
the first reacher user is also to point
back on earth. Of course, if we want to
be an inclusive society, we should be
inclusive in every part and not only in
the parts we like to be.
Minutes later, main engine cut off,
separation, and permission to float.
>> Hey guys,
>> after a brief trip above the Earth, the
capsule returned safely to the desert in
Texas.
>> You told me after your accident that you
thought this dream of going to space was
no longer possible. You just showed the
world that it is possible.
>> What would you say to folks?
What would you say to folks that have
given up on a dream because they thought
it was impossible?
>> I think you should never give up on your
dreams, right? But
>> I mean, there's also sometimes just a
low probability that it comes true. And
I just got very lucky and I'm very
grateful that blue enhanced everyone's
ideas to this journey.
>> Pop quiz hot shot. In the early 1900s,
which innovation helped popularize
typewriters in offices? Battery power,
carbon paper, touch typing, or colored
ink?
If you said touch typing, you are within
the margins. It is a technique where you
don't look at the keyboard, relying on
muscle memory. All 10 fingers start from
the home row. ASDF for the left hand,
JKL for the right. Have you heard of a
trend where some people are choosing to
revert back to a more analog version of
a cell phone in an attempt to spend less
time scrolling on social media and other
apps on a smartphone? Well, a similar
revolution is unfolding when it comes to
laptops, where some students and
employees are choosing to complete
writing assignments and tasks on a
typewriter instead of an internet
connected computer. Our Raphael Romo
speaks with a typewriter collector about
what's old becoming new again.
Typewriters are making a comeback. What
is it that a computer cannot do that a
typewriter can? The typewriter removes
distractions from the writing process.
>> Writers like JK Rowling of Harry Potter
fame as well as pop stars like Lady Gaga
and Taylor Swift have publicly expressed
they are fans.
>> I think all of these people have found
that the typewriter enables that
creative process.
>> So says Tom Breco, better known as
typewriter Tom, who for decades has
fixed and collected typewriters.
This is called the catacombs because it
has that sort of eerie feeling to it.
>> How many machines do you think you have
all together in these rooms?
>> Altogether in these rooms, probably a
thousand machines spread across pretty
much every manufacturer since late
1800s.
>> While many manual typewriter shops have
closed their doors, new stores have
recently opened in Marmac, New
Hampshire, Dayton, Ohio, and Chicago.
See, this is called a type shuttle.
>> The renewed interest in typewriters
keeps Rekov busy, leading meetings of
the Atlanta Typewriter Club he founded.
>> I I would say this is early 1900s
>> and visiting schools and museums where
he introduces younger generations to
typewriters.
>> Every time I go to a school, I leave
them a typewriter. I get haikus back
from the kids. I get pictures back that
they typed. And I love it. That's just
the fun of doing it.
A childhood accident left a young man
with lasting scars. Years later, it led
him to a calling few would dare to
choose. This is the journey of Terry
McCarti.
>> This burn survivor faced his fears to
become a firefighter himself.
>> That first fire when it uh actually
became active really kind of gave me a
lot of uh throwbacks to when my accident
happened.
>> When Terry McCarti was just 6 years old,
an accident caused burns over 73% of his
body. after his brothers lit a bowl of
kerosene on fire.
>> So, the full bowl of flamy kerosene flew
at me. It hit me in the chest and
effectively caught me on fire. The
neighbor came home, saw what was
happening. He grabbed his sleeping bag
that he had in his car, came over and
tackled me and put me out.
>> What followed was a long physical and
emotional road to recovery.
>> I would have 58 surgeries over a period
of 10 years. It was really difficult cuz
I missed a lot of school uh due to the
surgeries and then also didn't have very
good uh friend support because you know
I wasn't constantly school going to
things like that.
>> Even as an adult, McCarti found
employers unwilling to give him a fair
chance.
>> I tried to get a job as an oil
technician and the manager that was on
duty that day uh told me that I would be
a liability that I wouldn't be able to
go work for him. So that's why I went
out and decided, what's the one thing I
can do that would just stop everybody in
their tracks.
>> This photo of McCarti captures the
moment his training as a volunteer
firefighter became deeply personal.
>> When the fire reached me in the training
and it kind of went over me, it took any
kind of remaining fear uh issues or
anything like that that I really had
with it.
>> Today, McCarti volunteers at the same
camp for child burn victims that he
attended and he has transitioned to work
in peer mental health counseling. when
people happen to have that same kind of
internal trauma and they see me um you
know that that really breaks down a lot
of barriers for people to understand
that you know I've been through some
things myself. My job is to really just
connect with people and help them
realize that you know in their journey
of healing uh really they are in the
captain seat for this process. I'm just
a navigator.
Today's story getting a 10 out of 10.
The good oldfashioned compassion of a
student which turned a school pantry
into a place of support for entire
community. During her senior year at
Ames High School in Iowa, Caitlyn Oerlin
learned about food systems in class
while seeing more families rely on food
pantries due to the government shutdown.
So, she created simple grab-and-go meal
kits from her school's pantry to make
dinner time easier for families. The
pantry got a big increase in people who
kind of needed it. So, just making it as
simple as possible, like grab and go. We
looked for things that are completely
shelf stable, high in protein that'll be
filling. The kits include multiple
meals, recipes, even birthday cake kits
because celebrating still matters even
during hard times. What started as one
student's mission has quickly grown. The
pantry is in partnership with the Food
Bank of Iowa and has become a central
hub for similar pantries, helping to
meet the demand across the community.
Caitlyn spends about four hours each
week at the pantry, determined to make
the most of her time before she
graduates.
>> I mean, this is super fun. It's super
rewarding. We're looking for more
recipes and to expand and like hear what
people like, what they want more of.
>> Turning class lessons into community
action. Now, that is a 10 out of 10.
Okay, what do you say? We have two shout
outs for you today. The first one goes
to Miss Bradshaw at Riverdale High
School in Jefferson, Louisiana. Thank
you for including us in your classroom.
Rise up. And Valley View Middle School
in Adina, Minnesota. Thank you for these
custom M&M's. We have some of my lines
on there like, "Rise up, sunshine." We
have my face. I appreciate the gesture,
but uh you know, I'm really big into
fitness. Uh big on fitness. Whole jar of
M&M's in my mouth. M delicious. I hope
your day is as sweet as mine. I'll see
you tomorrow. I'm Ky Wire and we are CNN
10.