Let the pilot be a hero!

What's up with the comments section people who don't want the pilot of that plane that landed in the water in NYC to be called a hero? His airplane lost both engines while flying over New York City, and not only did everyone on board survive (and I think only one person had a serious injury), but no one on the ground was even put at risk! He saved hundreds (maybe even thousands, depending on the surrounding population density) of lives in one of the most terrifying situations we can imagine ourselves in. Even if that's exactly what he's trained to do and any pilot could do it, objectively speaking that's a huge fucking deal! Let him be a hero! It isn't a zero-sum game. It won't take away someone else's hero designation. It won't make your penis fall off. Let him have some glory and prizes and laurels and maybe a paid week off if they can swing it.

Ask every hero in the world. I don't think any of them would begrudge him the hero designation.