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WATCH: Anne Arundel Co. police maneuver kayaks with screwdrivers to rescue pilot in icy crash

When 71-year-old Steve Couchman crash-landed his plane into the frozen waters of Beards Creek, a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay, shortly after taking off from Lee Airport, he was brought onto a kayak by a good Samaritan father-son duo.

Anne Arundel County Police Officer Elizabeth Myers in an attempt to rescue Couchman, using screwdrivers to propel the kayak forward on the ice.



“Oars don’t work on ice, but screwdrivers do!” the police department wrote on a post showing the bodycam footage.

Watch below to see Myers respond at the scene of the icy crash.

Dana Sukontarak

Dana Sukontarak is a Digital Writer/Editor for º£½ÇÉçÇøapp.com. She loves haiku poetry, short sci-fi stories and word games. She grew up in Prince George’s County, Maryland, and currently lives in Silver Spring.

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