How a Maryland rescue team saved 2 from plane that crashed into power lines

Firefighter John Lann knew as he arrived at the scene that the rescue would be a once-in-a-career experience. About 100 feet above him in the soggy Sunday evening darkness, a small plane was wedged into a high-voltage power line tower with two people stuck inside. “Cool … we’re going to get to show our skills,” Lann, a lieutenant with the Montgomery County Fire Department’s Technical Rescue Team, said Wednesday while recounting the rescue. “We’re going to get to show what we can do.”