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Miracle looking at this wreckage. >> reporter: it's amazing. they're in bad shape, but that is an amazing thing. this is a twin engine cessna that crashed on final approach to john wayne international airport in orange county, south of los angeles. the pilot was in contact with aircraft traffic control and did declare an emergency saying may day may day, indicating that he was not going to make the runway. if you saw an aerial, the 405 freeway is 50 yards from that west facing runway at john wayne national airport. so far, the airport, even though they were in contact with the pilot, has not r...

>> but they were wrong. >> all arf vehicles, i need you to roll immediately. >> the guys soon realize it's a single engine cessna and it's heading straight towards traffic on tampa's busy memorial highway. you can see love's plane narrowly miss a truck and then he crashes, only 40 yards from the runway. >> pd-4, thanks. we lost his light, very short to the runway. >> the distress calls go silent, and the next thing dennison and gentry knew, their routine air patrol was about to become a dramatic rescue. >> i knew i was going to be able to put that aircraft on the ground a lot faster than they ...

This small plane that slammed into this shed before takeoff they found a half empty bottle of cognac, a bottle of wine and a plastic water bottle filled with liquid that smelled like alcohol. the pilot 57-year-old christopher hall now charged with reckless operation of a vessel and child abuse without harm because also board that twin engine cessna, his 10-year-old son. >> hold your position. >> moments before the crash, this terse exchange. >> hold your position. i didn't tell you to move. >> the plane then crosses restricted space. and hits the shed. >> turn your engines off, sir. kill your ...

Discern it's an aircraft and it's becoming larger. >> there's a portion of the tape that you actually hear us comment and i believe i said it, that he's gonna make it, he's got it. >> he's got it from there. >> but they were wrong. >> all rp vehicles, i need you to roll immediately. >> the guys soon realize it's a single engine cessna and it's heading straight towards traffic on tampa's business memorial highway. >> you can see love's plane narrowly miss a truck and then he crashes, only 40 yards from the runway. >> we lost his light, very short to the runway. >> the distress calls go silent, ...

>> do you want the equipment standing by? >> no, sir. let me talk to you on the ground. is running a little rough but i should be able to make it, though. >> as we heard the aircraft in distress, both of us kind of looked at each other. that's when we progressively started getting worse. >> then, just across the horizon, gentry spots a flickering speck on his infrared camera and zeros in. >>| a small white light. you can discern more that it's an aircraft and it is becoming larger. >> there's a portion of the tape that you actually hear us comment and i believe i said is that he's going to mak...