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Only chance is to glide the aircraft to the ground. >> it is a heavily wooded area. planes and trees don't mix. kind of like a blow dryer and a bathtub. >> to make matters worse, it was dark. >>ut then a break. >> i spotted a dark clearing between two evenly cut sets of trees. and in my mind i said there we go. >> as the plane descends, the two men brace for impact with the ground. then, just seconds before they touch down, a crash and a dazzle of lights. >> i instantly knew, oh, no, we hit a power line. >> there's a plane that is literally stuck up in the power cords. >> stuck up in the power...

>> in fact, they're making such good time that according to brian's calculations they have plenty of fuel to spare. so he decides to skip a scheduled fuel stop in tennessee. >> approaching knoxville, based on all the information i had, i felt like we were right on schedule. we could make it with room to spare. >> but then an hour past knoxville and still 30 minutes from their intended airport, an unnerving surprise. >> the fuel in the right tank exhausted before i expected it to. >> so quickly he switches to his remaining tank in the left wing. he also decides to land at the first available ai...

To the other parts of my body. brian couldn't feel his legs. i couldn't feel my legs. >> rescuers draped two slings around the fuselage to create a makeshift harness, supporting the weight of the plane. now more than 50 rescuers worked ever so cautiously around the web of wires which even without power could become deadly whip if one of them snaps. >> the force exerted by one of those lines had it become dislodged could have been as much as 10,000 pounds. >> the rescue operation is heading into its sixth hour. brian and daryl are cold, numb, and desperately want to be freed from the capsule. >...

Well. the weather was great. and we seemed to be making great time. >> in fact, they're making such good time that according to brian's calculations they have plenty of fuel to spare. so he decides to skip a scheduled fuel stop in tennessee. >> approaching knoxville, based on all the information i had, i felt like we were right on schedule. we could make it with room to spare. >> but then an hour past knoxville and still 30 minutes from their intended airport, an unnerving surprise. >> the fuel in the right tank exhausted before i expected it to. >> so quickly he switches to his remaining tank...

All i could see was fireworks. it was sparks everywhere. >> i instantly knew, oh, no, we hit power lines. >> police. >> these are the passengers of the airplane that is caught in the power line. >> you are on the plane that crashed into the power line? >> yes, we are in the plane. right now. both of us. >> two men caught in a death-defying, high-wire act. for brian hooker, a 31-year-old atlanta technology entrepreneur, flying has been a lifelong dream. >> i got an opportunity to fly and immediately said, i belong here. >> within six months of his first flight, brian earns his pilot's license a...