The Chief-Leader/Michel Friang

A NOD TO THE HUDSON RESPONDERS: Uniformed Fire Officers Association Vice President James McGowan (left) stood with Fire Capts. Richard Johnson (center left) and Paul Lawlor, both of whom responded to the Hudson River landing of US Airways Flight 1549, during intermission of a Feb. 26 Rangers' game to receive a $5,000 check from EmblemHealth to the union's Bravest Scholarship Fund.