cancellations. in the middle of all that there was also what happened in new york city yesterday afternoon. when a small plane made an emergency landing, not on a runway but on a highway. terrell brown has more. >> may day, may day, 0 nine 0 air we're losing. >> michael schwartz was pilotting a sightseeing tour when his plane lost power. he and his passengers were going down. air-traffic control tried to divert him to laguardia. >> at 3:20 p.m. the tower lost radio contact. >> he had taken off from connecticut earlier in the day and circled around the statue of liberty it was on his way back when the plane's engine failed and schwartz was forced to land in the only place he could find, one of new york's busiest highways. >> be advised the aircraft we're hearing is down on the deegan expressway. >> the hero was a department of transportation employee, 55-year-old miguel lopez. he saw the plane coming down