Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany narrowly escaped a deadly fate when his plane lost power and plunged into a dark Wisconsin lake, triggering a desperate search captured by dramatic dispatch audio. “We are going down. Pull your seatbelt tight,” pilot Leonard Boltz told Tiffany just moments before the impact, which sent Tiffany’s head into the dashboard, requiring 12 stitches. Boltz, who received four stitches, managed to pull up the landing gear seconds before hitting the water, a maneuver Tiffany credits with preventing a potentially catastrophic flip. As the aircraft filled with water and began to sink, the two men escaped and climbed onto the slowly submerging plane, awaiting rescue. Boltz’s 911 call provided the only lifeline as crews scrambled, using GPS coordinates and thermal imaging in a tense search across Lake Wausau. “We have two victims in the water. We’re just pulling them out now,” a responder announced, confirming both men were alert and conscious. Despite the harrowing ordeal, which left Tiffany with a significant gash and a warning to avoid flying, he remains resolute in his campaign for governor, stating, “This will not deter me.”
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