Dave Sanderson Speaks to Red Cross Donors at Le Relais

A volunteer from the American Red Cross was one of the first  people to greet
Sanderson when he made shore in New Jersey after the crash on the Hudson.

Dave Sanderson is someone who was an ordinary person in an extraordinary situation. He was a top sales producer in every company he worked for and on January 15th 2009 was on a business trip he had made hundreds of times before. Like all of us when we travel, especially on business, things are often routine and we take things for granted. Then out of the blue something happens that changes what was once routine to a day that changes your life.

When US Airways Flight 1549, or “The Miracle on the Hudson”, ditched into the Hudson River on January 15, 2009, Dave Sanderson not only survived the “crash” but also started to realize the moments which made up his life, prepared him for what was about to happen.

Sanderson spoke about his experience with the first responders
and Red Cross volunteers who assisted him following
the crash on the Hudson.

After the incident, the lessons and strategies he learned throughout his life were instrumental that day and the days following. He started to realize one can grow from traumatic life experiences and set out on a path to not only share the lessons from that day, but practical and implementable strategies anyone can use, to not only survive their “personal plane crash” moment, but grow and thrive.

Dave shared his story with Red Cross Kentucky Region board members and donors at Le Relais in Louisville, KY. In his stirring presentation, Sanderson revealed the inner strength it took to make it through the day, and how you can grow from challenges throughout your personal and business life and how resiliency, leadership, and state management can help you not only overcome any obstacle, but grow and thrive! How all the moments in your life MATTER!

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