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A congressman, a small plane, and Lake Wausau
Rep. Tom Tiffany walked away from a plane that came down in a Wisconsin lake at night, with minor injuries and the cause still open.
In brief
Rep. Tom Tiffany walked away from a plane that came down in a Wisconsin lake at night, with minor injuries and the cause still open. Two people came out of a nighttime water landing with only minor injuries, which is close to the best outcome this kind of emergency allows. Originally reported by ABC News.
A plane went into the lake
A small plane carrying a sitting member of Congress made an emergency landing in Lake Wausau, Wisconsin. Everyone on board got out.
“made an emergency landing in Lake Wausau”
The passenger was a congressman
Rep. Tom Tiffany, a Republican who represents Wisconsin in the House, was traveling in the plane when it came down.
It happened Saturday night
The landing came on a Saturday night, which means the pilot was putting the plane on water in the dark.
Two people, both hurt
Tiffany and the pilot were the ones injured. Both sets of injuries were described as minor.
Treated and released
Tiffany went to a Wisconsin hospital and was out the same stretch of reporting, not admitted for a long stay.
“was treated and released from a Wisconsin hospital”
Home-state water
Lake Wausau sits in the state Tiffany represents, so this was an emergency in his own backyard rather than somewhere far from his district.
He spoke out after
ABC followed with a separate report of the lawmaker talking publicly about the landing, so he was well enough to give his own account quickly.
“Lawmaker speaks out after small plane lands in lake”
What is still unknown
This report does not say what went wrong, who the pilot was, or what happened to the aircraft. The cause is an open question.
The headline
Two people came out of a nighttime water landing with only minor injuries, which is close to the best outcome this kind of emergency allows.
