VIDEOS/PHOTOS: Crews removed a plane from Lake Wausau on Monday after the aircraft, carrying U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, the Republican nominee for Wisconsin governor, made an emergency landing in the water on Saturday night.

The plane was raised to the surface using air bags, lifted out of the water onto land and moved to a storage location. A towing company was brought in to recover it Monday morning, and the removal took several hours. The Marathon County Sheriff’s Office and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources are also part of the response.

Tiffany said he was flying back from La Crosse on Saturday night, Sept. 12, when the small plane he was riding in lost power on final approach to the Wausau Airport. He said the pilot told him to tighten his seatbelt, and about 10 seconds later, they hit the water.

The Marathon County Sheriff’s Office said deputies got the 911 call just before 9 p.m. Saturday. The two men were able to get off of the plane and waited on top of it for help. But the aircraft started sinking, so they swam to a nearby sandbar.

About 15 minutes later, Wausau Fire crews reached them by boat. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the cause of the emergency landing. Both Tiffany and the pilot needed stitches but are going to be OK. Tiffany said his head hit the plane’s dashboard. Both men were taken to the hospital with minor injuries and released.

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PHOTOS: A driver and three workers were taken to the hospital after construction equipment collapsed onto multiple cars and a construction box in Brickell Monday morning, fire rescue officials said.

Miami Fire Rescue officials said a 85-foot drill rig, also known as a pile rig, collapsed on Southeast 12th Street and Brickell Bay Drive around 8 a.m.

Miami Fire Chief Robert Hevia said the drill rig collapsed onto a construction box and three vehicles, including two that were parked and one that was driving down Brickell Bay Drive.

Hevia said that the driver of a white BMW SUV saw the drill rig falling, stopped her vehicle and put it in reverse. The drill rig then landed on the SUV’s hood, which caused a fire, and the driver was able to escape by going out the back.

Video showed the downed equipment on top of the box and the charred remains of the BMW, as well as the two parked cars. Two workers, ages 29 and 27, were in the construction box when the drill rig fell on top of it, trapping them.

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Members of the Sikh Temple of Spokane pooled $30,000 to help families recovering from recent wildfires in the Spokane area. The congregation presented the donation Sunday to Innovia Foundation at the temple on North Barker Road, where CEO Shelly O’Quinn accepted the check. Rep. Michael Baumgartner also attended.

“This donation, it shows community is continuing to step up for community,” O’Quinn said. “And whether folks have been directly impacted or not, they just understand the importance of giving back and supporting their neighbor.” For members of the temple, the donation reflects a commitment to helping people in times of crisis.

Kulvinder S. Gill, a Washington State University professor and member of the Sikh community, said that commitment extends well beyond Spokane. “It may be fires in Spokane or floods in Nepal,” Gill said. “This is what Sikh community does.” Gill welcomed those gathered at the temple as “friends and supporters.”

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VIDEO: A Kennewick memorial marked the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks with nearly 3,000 flags, each representing a person killed that day. The ceremony at the Southridge Sports and Events Complex was set to begin at 5:30 p.m. Afterward, people were invited to walk through the Field of Remembrance and reflect on the lives represented there.

The field held 2,977 flags, matching the number of people killed in the attacks. It also recognized 343 firefighters who died. Kennewick resident Robert Morgan stopped at the memorial to pay his respects.

“Every single generation in America from here on out should always remember that day, because it did change America,” Morgan said. “Something came across me that I needed to stop, and show my respects… for what happened that day and for all the people that that died.”

Kennewick Fire Chief Michael Heffner explained the scale of the firefighter loss by comparing it to local departments.

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Livonia Fire & Rescue put a new Ladder 3 into service after a push-in ceremony. The Pierce Ascendant 107-foot aerial ladder truck was bought in part with $1 million from the State of Michigan.

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