‘I Dare You to Mock Me.’ Capt. ‘Sully’ Sullenberger Defends Joe Biden Against Attacks on His Speech in New York Times Op-Ed – By Sanya Mansoor (TIME) / Jan 19 2020
Retired airline captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger opened up about his history with stuttering in a response to the “cruel remarks” from President Trump’s daughter-in-law mocking Joe Biden‘s speech.
Sullenberger, a former pilot best known for landing a commercial jet on the Hudson river in what came to be known as “The Miracle on the Hudson,” authored a New York Times op-ed on Saturday about his experiences wrestling with speech.
He recalled the “anguish” of being called on in grade school. “My neck and face would quickly begin to flush a bright red, the searing heat rising all the way to the top of my head; every eye in the room on me; the intense and painful humiliation, and bullying that would follow, all because of my inability to get the words out,” Sullenberger wrote.
It’s these same feelings that Sullenberger says “came rushing back” upon hearing Lara Trump’s recent comments she made about the former Vice President at a Trump campaign event on Friday. She said she feels “kind of sad for Joe Biden” when he speaks, and prompted, “Joe, can you get it out? Let’s get the words out, Joe.”
Biden has long admitted to overcoming a stutter. In a profile by The Atlantic published last November, Biden said, “Stuttering gave me an insight I don’t think I ever would have had into other people’s pain.”
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