Engineering A Miracle

On Jan 15th, flight 1549 went down in the waters of New York. A flurry of ferries were on hand, and everyone was rescued with minimal damage or trauma. The media took to calling it a miracle.

I think that's foolish.

Don't the material researchers that created a plane that was strong enough to land in water without breaking apart get any credit? What about the engineers that designed an airtight craft that was balanced so that the front door stayed above water, and the passengers could step out onto the wing to await the boats? What about the NTSB that insisted on redundant safety features? What about the pilot, that spent untold hours training for just such unusual circumstances?

If god really wanted to save these people, wouldn't it have been better to keep the geese out of the engines in the first place?