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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The pilot of a small plane averted death twice in a span of minutes Sunday, first when he crash-landed onto railroad tracks, then when Los Angeles police rescued him just before a commuter train smashed into the aircraft.
LAPD officer Robert Sherock joins 'Fox & Friends First' to share details on the heroic close-call encounter of a crashed pilot and an oncoming train.
LAPD Foothill Division cop Robert Sherock recalled the harrowing moments of pulling the pilot from a Cessna 172 mere seconds before it was pummeled by a train in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Los Angeles Police Department officers in Pacoima rescued the pilot just moments before a train slammed into his downed aircraft Sunday afternoon, authorities said.
The plane lost power shortly after takeoff and crashed onto a train track.