A pilot and his only passenger were rescued after a small plane crashed into a transmission tower in Maryland, the authorities said. The incident had knocked out power to roughly 117,000 people. nyti.ms/3Uezl1F
@nytimes Wow! They were lucky that they weren't electrocuted to death, either.
@nytimes @gtconway3d It’s cute that the people survived high voltage lines
@nytimes Could have been worse. They could have crashed into a transmission SHOP during business hours...so there's that.
@nytimes This was straight out of Fox 9-1-1, but for real!
@nytimes Enough about power outages. This isn't freaking Ukraine, they'll be fine. Focus. There are two people trapped in a crashed airplane entangled in power lines and it's been HOURS.
@nytimes @gtconway3d Talk about rubbernecking. Why do people feel they have the need to watch a train wreck, or in this case, a plane wreck? Did they ever think by going there, they might just possibly hinder the rescue efforts? From the Washington Post:
@nytimes @gtconway3d That is a flat out miracle that they survived!