Kicker - Miraculous mid-air collision

NICK EICHER, HOST: Everybody loves a survival story. And this one from last Wednesday certainly fits the bill.

Just outside Denver, two small planes were getting ready to land at a regional airport. But one pilot miscalculated, and the two planes collided in mid-air.

The footage after the fact shows one plane nearly ripped in half, as though someone took a giant bite out of the middle of the plane. Somehow, the pilot managed to get to a runway to put the plane down.

The pilot of the other plane deployed a parachute attached to the aircraft, allowing for a gentle crash landing.

The two pilots and one passenger walked away without injury.

Speaking to KUSA news, Deputy John Bartmann with the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office summed it up this way.

BARTMANN: You expect something a lot worse. This was amazing.

To say the least! It’s The World and Everything in It.

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