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Turn to his brother, mark. >> i thought he was dead. it was really scary to think you may have just lost your brother. >> moments later, andrew cowan and others pull mark from the plane. >> we tried to move them a safe distance away so that the paramedics could assess them and then assess the situation. >> mark has numerous broken bones. but hes alive. >> were still here, you know. were not dead. how can that be? pretty deep moment for me, it was. it was the realization that we made it through t...

Up. >> once he got the plane going again, it was happy times with me. >> but the happy times dont last. before the brothers can relax, the motor cuts out again. >> you just keep hoping get it started, come on, man, just get it started. he looked a little frantic up there. >> this time, the pilot cant restart the engine. >> i can see the color car, i could see people walking on the sidewalk down there. get it started. desperation set in at that point. come on, get it going, get it going. >> like ...

Directly for the field. >> and the total feeling of helplessness, im in no control here, ive got nothing to say, were screwed. >> right before the impact, the planes left wing clips a chain link fence. the engine tears off and the plane cartwheels across the running track. >> the second we hit, it was hard. it was instant. my right foot just snapped, it was noisy, it was brutal. >> the plane catches fire. fans and players, including andrew cowan, rush to the crash site. >> everyone was afraid ri...

>> moments later, andrew cowan and others pull mark from the plane. >> we tried to move them a safe distance away so that the paramedics could assess them and then assess the situation. >> mark has numerous broken bones. but hes alive. >> were still here, you know. were not dead. how can that be? pretty deep moment for me, it was. it was the realization that we made it through that, busted up and all. >> miraculously, the pilot and other passenger are able to walk away without injury. looking ba...

The midnight sun. perfect alaskan night. >> 40 miles away, the midnight sun shines on a stadium where a baseball game between the fairbanks gold panners and the anchorage bucks is under way. in addition to baseball tonight, the stadium complex is housing soccer and track and field events and its filled with fans. >> theres a lot of events going on. theres a lot of people outside that day. >> back in the plane, ron and mark cross the cook inlet and enter anchorage air space. >> the suns hitting o...

Fast. i want to use it the best i can. >> mark and ron spend that time together. since the crash, theyre closer than ever. >> its definitely made us tighter. i still dont like him a lot but i like him more than i did. hes a good dude. >> coming up, a comedian gets a whole new definition of the word punch line. >> i just remember someone coming in.

Up. >> once he got the plane going again, it was happy times with me. >> but the happy times dont last. before the brothers can relax, the motor cuts out again. >> you just keep hoping get it started, come on, man, just get it started. he looked a little frantic up there. >> this time, the pilot cant restart the engine. >> i can see the color car, i could see people walking on the sidewalk down there. get it started. desperation set in at that point. come on, get it going, get it going. >> the p...

I want to use it the best i can. >> mark and ron spend that time together. since the crash, theyre closer than ever. >> its definitely made us tighter. i still dont like him a lot but i like him more than i did. hes a good dude. >> coming up, a comedian gets a whole new definition of the word punch line. >> i just remember someone coming in. just a fist being thrown. what super poligrip does for me is it keeps the food out. before those little pieces would get in between my dentures and my gum a...

>> once he got the plane going again, it was happy times with me. >> but the happy times dont last. before the brothers can relax, the motor cuts out again. >> you just keep hoping get it started, come on, man, just get it started. he looked a little frantic up there. >> this time, the pilot cant restart the engine. >> i can see the color car, i could see people walking on the sidewalk down there. get it started. desperation set in at that point. come on, get it going, get it going. >> like on c...

Directly for the field. >> and the total feeling of helplessness, im in no control here, ive got nothing to say, were screwed. >> right before the impact, the planes left wing clips a chain link fence. the engine tears off and the plane cartwheels across the running track. >> the second we hit, it was hard. it was instant. my right foot just snapped, it was noisy, it was brutal. >> the plane catches fire. fans and players, including andrew cowan, rush to the crash site. >> everyone was afraid ri...