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Starting to cut off circulation to the other parts of my body. he 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...

>> 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. >> 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 power...

>> the pressure from my body was starting to cut off circulation to the other parts of my body. he 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 whips 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 c...

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 hypothermia because it was 25 to 28 degrees that night. >> each high-tension wire ca...

So we traveled up to cleveland to make that happen. >> the flight north is perfect. after spending the holiday with his girlfriend's family, he expects an equally smooth return south. the only difference, this time he takes along a passenger, daryl robinson, his girlfriend's cousin, who's also headed back to atlanta. this will be daryl's second flight ever. but he says he's not nervous. >> he said he was instrument rated. obviously that is a rather skilled pilot. he knows what he is doing. he can fly whether he can see or not. so i pretty much trusted him. >> the flight was scheduled to take f...