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Finally tonight here, america strong. the pilot trying to make an emergency landing, and the calm voice that guided her through it. here's abc's david kerley. >> reporter: veteran pilot, cathy lewan, met mason braddock on the radio. the throttle on her small plane, damaged and stuck. basically no way to slow down above atlanta's hartsfield airport, the country's busiest, and then help. >> i could hear that she was very distressed. >> all we're gonna do different is just cut power right before we touch down. it's gonna be fine. >> reporter: for 50 minutes, mason talked cathy down. >> we'll have...

>> 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...

Denison and tactical flight officer brian gentry have been flying together for four years. >> we know each other's strength and weaknesses kind of deal. it's like a married couple. you have your good days and bad days. >> it's around 11:00 p.m., 230 miles to the north. courier pilot mark love takes off from valdosta regional airport in georgia. heading for tampa, florida. soon, their paths would cross. >> it was right about here when gentry and denison heard that first distress call just before midnight. >> i'm going to need runway 1-0. i've lost pressure. >> the zesz nah was failing. >> do yo...

>> we know each other's strength and weaknesses kind of deal. it's like a married couple. you have your good days and bad days. >> it's around 11:00 p.m., 230 miles to the north. courier pilot mark love takes off from valdosta regional airport in georgia. heading for tampa, florida. soon, their paths would cross. >> it was right about here when gentry and denison heard that first distress call just before midnight. >> i'm going to need runway 1-0. i've lost pressure. >> the cessna was failing. >> do you want the equipment standing by? >> no, sir. let me talk to you on the ground. i'm running a...