Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the pilot who safely landed US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River saving all its passengers when the jet's engines failed, will be awarded honorary keys to the city of New York.

The US Airways captain and his crew, which includes first officer Jeffrey B. Skiles and flight attendants Sheila Dail, Doreen Welsh and Donna Dent, will be in New York on Monday where Mayor Michael Bloomberg will present them with honorary keys to the city in a 10:30 a.m. ceremony.

The event will also mark Mayor Bloomberg's first proper chance to express his gratitude to the pilot and the crew. He previously honored first responders who helped rescue passengers and crew from the downed plane, but Capt. Sullenberger was busy with the investigation and failed to attend the ceremony.

Holding up a key to the city, Mayor Bloomberg promised he would keep it "until we have the opportunity to present it to the incredibly brave pilot and the co-pilot and crew."

Prior to their upcoming New York visit, the pilot and the crew will have given their first extensive interview to Katie Couric which will be broadcast on CBS' "60 Minutes" this Sunday.

During the interview, the pilot recalled his experience and what he went through when realizing that both his engines were crushed by what investigators later found were birds, soon after it left ground.

"It was the worst sickening pit of your stomach, falling through the floor feeling I've ever felt in my life. I knew immediately it was very bad," Capt. Chesley Sullenberger told Couric.

And yet, as it shows from the audio recording between the pilot and the air traffic controllers released by the Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday, Sullenberger maintained absolutely calm as he considered his options eventually concluding, "We're gonna be in the Hudson."