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Ground. >> i was thinking, wow, we are alive. >> alive, but the cockpit is smashed in and the two are hanging upside-down. daryl struggles to get a cell phone from brian's pocket and manages to call 911. >> engine 26 is on the scene. >> captain mike flowers is among the first to arrive. >> it was certainly something i couldn't comprehend. i've never seen an aircraft stuck in power lines like that. we're going to need a crane up here. we had to make sure that the power was secured. we were dealing with the wind kicking up, possibly dislodging the plane. of course we were worried about hypotherm...

>> the novice pilot knows his 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.ç >> but 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 po...

Ground. >> i was thinking, wow, we are alive. >> alive, but the cockpit is smashed in and the two are hanging upside-down. daryl struggles to get a cell phone from brian's pocket and manages to call 911. >> engine 26 is on the scene. >> captain mike flowers is among the first to arrive. >> it was certainly something i couldn't comprehend. i've never seen an aircraft stuck in power lines like that. we're going to need a crane up here. we had to make sure that the power was secured. we were dealing with the wind kicking up, possibly dislodging the plane. of course we were worried about hypotherm...

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...

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 in th...