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The shoulder of the road helping a disabled vehicle. >> i was dispatched for a motor home with a flat tire. we were trying to get as many people as we could to move over to give him space to change the tire. >> just behind rookie trooper chris and his supervisor luke newman assist linak. >> when you turn your lights on, your camera goes on. we were providing lights for trooper linak and normally youd turn your camera off. but being that i was new to the job, i forgot to turn the camera off. >> u...

>> on the ground, troopers receive a call of a road rage incident. >> we were pulling out into traffic to go to that other call when this all happens. >> they pull out on to the highway and right in the middle of bill leffs makeshift runway. they cant believe their eyes as the plane glides overhead. >> basically we just saw the underneath of it. there was no engine noise. its engine had seized up. it was completely silent. >> my first thought was hes going to crash and were going to have a huge ...

>> it was the clearest open piece of pavement that i could get the airplane down on. >> but on the highway, traffic is heavy with people en route to the air show. state trooper scott linak is on the shoulder of the road helping a disabled vehicle. >> i was dispatched for a motor home with a flat tire. we were trying to get as many people as we could to move over to give him space to change the tire. >> just behind rookie trooper chris and his supervisor luke newman assist linak. >> when you turn...

Me. so my thought was, if i could land in that space, the cars behind me will stop and the cars in front of me will keep going so i ought to be able to stop before i get to them. >> on the ground, troopers receive a call of a road rage incident. >> we were pulling out into traffic to go to that other call when this all happens. >> they pull out on to the highway and right in the middle of bill leffs makeshift runway. they cant believe their eyes as the plane glides overhead. >> basically we just...

>> on the ground, troopers receive a call of a road rage incident. >> we were pulling out into traffic to go to that other call when this all happens. >> they pull out on to the highway and right in the middle of bill leffs makeshift runway. they cant believe their eyes as the plane glides overhead. >> basically we just saw the underneath of it. there was no engine noise. its engine had seized up. it was completely silent. >> my first thought was hes going to crash and were going to have a huge ...

Is heavy with people en route to the air show. state trooper scott linak is on the shoulder of the road helping a disabled vehicle. >> i was dispatched for a motor home with a flat tire. we were trying to get as many people as we could to move over to give him space to change the tire. >> just behind rookie trooper chris and his supervisor luke newman assist linak. >> when you turn your lights on, your camera goes on. we were providing lights for trooper linak and normally youd turn your camera ...

People as we could to move over to give him space to change the tire. >> just behind rookie trooper chris and his supervisor luke newman assist linak. >> when you turn your lights on, your camera goes on. we were providing lights for trooper linak and normally youd turn your camera off. but being that i was new to the job, i forgot to turn the camera off. >> up above, bill leff frantically scopes out the highway and formulates a plan for his emergency landing. >> there was a space of 8 to 10 car...

Highway and right in the middle of bill leffs makeshift runway. they cant believe their eyes as the plane glides overhead. >> basically we saw the underneath of it. there was no engine noise. its engine had seized up. it was completely silent. >> my first thought was hes going to crash and were going to have a huge mess. people are going to get hurt out of this. >> the plane speeds toward trooper linaks cruiser up ahead. >> it was almost an instant reaction to kind of duck and brace. when i look...

To have a huge mess. people are going to get hurt out of this. >> the plane speeds toward trooper linaks cruiser up ahead. >> it was almost an instant reaction to kind of duck and brace. when i looked out the windshield, all i saw was the bottom of the airplane. >> the pilots wheels touch down and he lands the plane on the highway. >> so you are just standing on the brakes trying to stop and hope you dont hit something. i was waiting for the impact, the crunch. >> the troopers create a moving ro...

I called fond du lac tower. they cleared me to land on any runway if i could get there. >> it soon becomes apparent to bill hes going to need to find a different solution. >> so my choices were parking lots, housing developments and buildings. >> but then bill spots another option. highway 41. >> it was the clearest open piece of pavement that i could get the airplane down on. >> but on the highway, traffic is heavy with people en route to the air show. state trooper scott linak is on the should...