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An airplane flying over the pacific has run out of fuel and is about to go down. >> it's a very dangerous scenario. >> it's called ditching in flight lingo. and in this precarious life-or-death situation, it is anybody's guess if the title, who is the only person on board, would survive. the flight brings back memories of the miracle on the hudson in january 2009, when a bird strike knocks out both engines on us airways flight 1549. amazingly, all 155 passengers and crew on board survive, but no one can guarantee an outcome as smooth as this textbook landing. friday, october 7th, 2011. the pil...

There's a group of men we visited with this week who we didn't need to tell. they live with the consequences of the frigid weather every day. the 17 members of the coast guard who man the cutter "sturgeon bay" are no strangers to ice. they break it for a living wbr id "wbr12810" on new york's hudson river, but even veterans like the ship's commander haven't seen anything like this. this winter is the worst winter that i've seen on the hudson and it's certainly the worst winter since 2004 that the coast guard has had to deal with. axelrod: the radar and satellite technology they use is...

So this blows off? >> that blows off. >> reporter: what happens? >> there's a red handle youws o pull. it triggers a rocket which shoots out the back and launche oc parashoot. >> reporter: off hawaii, the parachute delivered both pilot and plane safely to the ocean. the pilot climbed onto an emergency raft and was soon picked up by the crew of a 51 nearby holland american cruise ship. cirrus says its parachutes have been used 51 times in the pastoing to 15 years, saving 104 people. it's going to be a big decision. >> it's going to be a bigon, decision, yes. you're not getting back up and takin...

You know what, if this is on your bucket list, we have to go for it. >> ginny rounds up some family friends, including 84-year-old eileen sambesetti. >> she knew that i'd been wanting to go. she called me up, gee, my sister wants to go. do you want to go? i said yeah. >> is this something you've wanted to do? >> for years. >> life hasn't been easy for laverne. she's already lived through a broken neck and a heart attack. she's been a widow for more than 40 years, raising two children on her own. for laverne, this is one time she'll look death in the face on her own terms, or so she thinks. a p...

Try a new way to bank, where no branches equals great rates. an airplane flying over the pacific has run out of fuel and is about to go down. >> it's a very dangerous scenario. >> it's called ditching in flight lingo. and in this precarious life-or-death situation, it is anybody's guess if the title, who is the only person on board, would survive. the flight brings back memories of the miracle on the hudson in january 2009, when a bird strike knocks out both engines on us airways flight 1549. amazingly, all 155 passengers and crew on board survive, but no one can guarantee an outcome as smoo...