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First Responders Rescue Plane Pilot Stuck at Sea
August 28, 2025
A pilot made an emergency landing off the beach in Oak Island, North Carolina. First responders on a jetski and a surfboard made it to the stricken plane. Rescuers pulled the pilot feet first out of the flooded cockpit. They got the pilot onto a rescue sled attached to the jetski and brought him to shore to waiting paramedics. Inside Edition's Les Trent spoke to pilot Mark Finkelstein and firefighters Chad Butchello, Chris Dunham and Austin Lancaster.










































































