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The family of Robert Stephen Chauncey, one of five people killed in a boat crash in Savannah, remembers him as an Army veteran and loving father.

Fishing trip when the pilot told him he was not feeling well. he knew what he had to do. >> i knew if i did not react, we would die. >> i knew if i went up and yanked that the plane would stall. >> i knew they were going way too fast. when i was flying and saw the state of florida at that second, i knew i am going to go in there. i dont know what the outcome is going to be. i dont know how it is going to happen but i have to land this airplane because there is no other options. >> he did have so...

Nationwide. it will cause more products to get more expensive. gasoline, theres only three states where the statewide average for a gallon of regular is below 4 a gallon. georgia, kansas and oklahoma. when those states switch over to $4 a gallon gas, every state in the country will have gas 4 or $5 a gallon on average. the last time we saw this was back in 2008. >> pete with the latest for us. pete, thank you. i knew it was a life or death situation. some of the words were hearing for the firs...

Raton. just continue north bound over the beach. >> reporter: morgans instruction paid off guiding the light to landing at palm beach. they call it a remarkable feat that left other pilots listening in stunned. >> you say the passenger landed the airplane? >> thats correct. >> oh, my god. great job. >> we got a controller that got him down, a flight instructor. >> reporter: he went to meet his student pilot. >> i feel like its probably meant to happen. >> this story to me is so unbelievable. i r...

Bahamas after the pilot was incapacitated. >> whats your position? >> i have no idea. >> reporter: soon enough the plane was located on radar about 20 miles east of boca raton, florida. air trarffic controller was called in from his break to help harrison. >> whats the situation the pilot? >> hes incoincoherent. hes out. >> try to hold the wings level and see if you can start descending for me. >> reporter: morgan has been an air traffic controller for 20 years and is a flight instructor. he too...

Whats going on? >> tyrus: i dont know. just back the bus up. just back the bus up. i saw the movie airplane, it can be done. you know, he listens to the guy. it was a great conversation. hes like where are you? hes like, im in the air. >> greg: follow the shore. >> tyrus: yeah, follow the shore, hes like i know im over florida, that was it, and just so happened that the guy on the other side was a flight instructor, yeah. which is always a plus. you know, always nice your hidden talent comes out...

>> reporter: the voice is not a pilot but a passenger radioing for help. audio captured from live atc details the communications between the plane and the control tower at fort pierce in florida. >> whats your position? >> i have no idea. i have no idea. >> reporter: air traffic controller robert morgan was on break from working in the tower when his colleague said he needed to come back, fast. >> theres a passenger flying plane thats not a pilot and the pilot is incapacitated. they said we need...

To fly. >> reporter: harrison had to land the single engine cessna coming back from the bahamas. >> whats your position? >> no idea, coast of florida in front of me. no idea. >> reporter: the plane was located on radar, 20 miles east of boca raton, florida, and morgan was called in to help harrison land the plane. >> whats the situation with the pilot? >> incoherent, out. roger, hold the wings level and see if you can start descending for me. push forward on the controls and descend at a very sl...

Scary moments onboard a single-engine cessna off the coast of florida. a pilot became incapacitated mid-flight, forcing the passenger to take over and make this incredible landing. and imagine this, that person, right there, has never flown a plane before. cnns pete muntean has flown a plane before, many times. and so you can speak, pete, to just how amazing this ending of this story was. >> its incredible brianna, almost like something out of a movie. ive been around flying my entire life, im a...

Here. my pilot has gone incoherent and i have no idea how to fly the airplane. >> the voice youre hearing is not a pilot, but a passenger radioing for help. radio capture from live atc details the communications between the plane, a cessna caravan and the control tower at ft. pierce in florida. >> 333, lima delta, roger, whats your position? >> i have no idea. >> air traffic controller robert morgan was on break from working in the tower when his colleague said he needed to come back, fast. >> t...