Falmouth firefighters responded to an unusal call for assistance Thursday -- there was a small airplane stuck in the sand.
The pilot performed an emergency landing on Black Beach after it ran out of fuel, WCVB reported.
Crews realized quickly that in addition to freeing the plane, they had to get it to where it could take-off before high tide. Video captured the firefighters pushing it out of the surf.
Once back in the air, the pilot smiled and gave a thumbs-up to the helicopter crew that had been filming the incident.
It landed at the nearby airfield without incident.
Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues.
