The Aporia · Wisconsin congressman swims to safety after plane makes emergency landing in lake

Wisconsin congressman swims to safety after plane makes emergency landing in lake

Read the original at The Guardian ↗

Cite

APA MLA Chicago

Associated Press. (2026, September 14). Wisconsin congressman swims to safety after plane makes emergency landing in lake. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/13/wisconsin-congressman-plane-emergency-landing-lake

Dated when The Aporia collected the article, usually within hours of publication. Check the original for its exact date and byline.

Quick Summary

Republican congressman Tom Tiffany had to swim to safety after his light aircraft lost power and made an emergency landing in Lake Wausau late Saturday night while he was returning from an event. Both Tiffany and the pilot were treated for minor injuries at a hospital after being rescued by emergency responders. The plane involved was a single-engine Bonanza aircraft, capable of seating four people.

Written by AI on 2026-09-14, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

AI analysis

Story summary

Rep. Tom Tiffany, a Republican congressman from Wisconsin running for governor, had to swim to safety after his single-engine Bonanza aircraft lost power while approaching Wausau Downtown Airport late on Saturday night. The plane made an emergency landing in Lake Wausau, and both Tiffany and the pilot exited the sinking aircraft and swam to shallow water where they awaited rescue by boat. Emergency responders transported them to a nearby hospital, where they received treatment for minor injuries before being released.

The incident occurred as Tiffany was returning from the La Crosse County Lincoln Day Dinner in Wisconsin. The Federal Aviation Administration stated it would investigate the crash of a Beechcraft K35 with two people aboard. Tiffany expressed gratitude toward emergency responders and the pilot, noting that God had been looking after them during the ordeal.

Tiffany's Democratic opponent, David Crowley, responded by saying he was "grateful to God" that no one else was hurt in what could have been a tragic event if not for the heroism of the pilot.

Written for “Wisconsin Congressman Lake Landing” on 2026-11-03, grounded in this article and the 8 other(s) covering the same event.

Compared with similar articles

How this article was measured signals, leaning charts, publisher record, byline, topics and claims

Signals How these are calculated →

Claims extracted

sentences that state something as happening or true

Uncertain

0 of 5 hedged ("reportedly", "may", "according to")

Leaning

not political

takes no side on a contested political question

Publisher signals

66/100

The Guardian's corrections and hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.

Outlets on this story

Politics

Same framing elsewhere

articles that frame the event the way this one does

Analyzed 2026-09-14 · how these are computed

How this is being covered How these are calculated →

Article leaning vs. publisher reliability

Source leaning vs. consistency

Publisher

The Guardian · 1969 article(s) · 6 correction(s) detected

Running correction rate · 6 correction(s)

2026-10-30

Man serving life sentence for murder escapes Tennessee prison, slipping through fence, officials say

2026-10-26

Manhunt under way in Tennessee after convicted murderer escapes prison

2026-10-13

Threat of AI share crash puts world financial stability at risk, says IMF

2026-10-03

Prison chief in Christa Pike case oversaw five ‘botched’ executions, lawyers say

2026-09-20

Judge orders Kennedy Center to give 30 days’ notice before major physical changes

2026-09-07

Former Louisiana mayor completes 90-day jail term for raping 16-year-old boy

Who wrote this

Associated Press

632 article(s) here · 0 carrying a prediction

🔮 The difference between that crew count and India’s rescue figure could not immediately be explained.

2026-11-03 · assertive framing · Indian navy rescues 20 crew from Iranian fishing boat hijacked off Somalia

🔮 Caleb Williams threw a touchdown pass on the opening drive and Jeffery Simmons delivered just what Chicago needed on defense as the Bears beat the Seattle Seahawks 34-17 on Monday night.

2026-11-03 · assertive framing · Bears dominate Seahawks as Jeffery Simmons makes statement after trade

🔮 The task force was involved in four fatal shootings between May and July.

2026-11-03 · assertive framing · Tennessee national guard trained guns on dying man after guard member shot him, video shows

🔮 A return to full-scale war with Iran could help Netanyahu to form an emergency government after he and his far-right allies lost their parliamentary majority in last week’s elections.

2026-11-02 · mixed framing · Netanyahu is pressing Trump to attack Iran after US midterm elections, officials say

🔮 “I have no idea how exactly this part of my journey will wind up,” Wilbon posted.

2026-11-02 · assertive framing · Longtime host Michael Wilbon steps away from ESPN due to ‘health issues’

🔮 Published Nov. 2, 2026, 1:21 p.m. ET Acting President Iliana Yotova won the runoff election to become Bulgaria’s first elected female head of state and said she will work for national consensus by bridging political rifts.

2026-11-02 · assertive framing · Bulgaria elects first female head of state — as acting president Iliana Yotova wins race

2026-11-02 · assertive framing · Flash flooding triggers evacuations in Southwest and dire warning for tony Colorado town

🔮 The focus of the hearing in front of Judge William Sullivan was a motion from the defense to dismiss the charges on double jeopardy grounds.

2026-11-02 · assertive framing · Lindsay Clancy back in court seeking to dismiss murder charges after mistrial

🔮 The ICA Kvantum branch in Sjöbo in southern Sweden wrote on its Facebook page that its fridges and freezers had been hacked and set to 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit).

2026-11-02 · assertive framing · Freezers at supermarkets in several European countries hit by apparent cyberattacks

🔮 Officials in Pagosa Springs, a town of more than 2,000 in the Rockies located near ski resorts and known for its hot springs, warned of potentially “catastrophic flooding” as the San Juan River was forecast to crest at more than 20ft (6.1 meters) late on Sunday night. “To put the forecast into perspective, during the devastating 1911 flood that wiped out most of what existed as the town of Pagosa at that time, the San Juan River crested at approximately 17.8 feet” the Archuleta county sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post.

2026-11-02 · mixed framing · Colorado town braces for historic flood as heavy rains batter south-west

Wire or desk byline, not an individual reporter.

Also by Associated Press

Indian navy rescues 20 crew from Iranian fishing boat hijacked off Somalia

2026-11-03 · New York Post

Spanish police open manslaughter inquiry after footballer dies from on-pitch clash

2026-11-03 · South China Morning Post

Indian navy frees hijacked Iranian fishing crew off Somalia

2026-11-03 · South China Morning Post

2 Pakistani police officers guarding polio workers killed by suspected militants

2026-11-03 · South China Morning Post

Nothing else under this byline is closely related to this article, so these are simply their most recent.

All 632 articles by Associated Press →

Topics

911 La Crosse Lincoln Day Dinner Republican Wausau

Subjects

Tiffany PERSON · 3× Republican NORP · 2× Donald Trump PERSON · 1× La Crosse GPE · 1× Tom Tiffany PERSON · 1× Wausau GPE · 1× Wisconsin GPE · 1×

Narrative

As the plane began to submerge, we exited the aircraft and swam to a shallow area, where we waited until emergency responders reached us by boat,” he wrote on X. Emergency responders got both Tiffany and the pilot to a nearby hospital, where they were treated for minor injuries. Tiffany is running for governor on the Republican ticket in Wisconsin and has been endorsed by Donald Trump. The plane Tiffany was traveling in was a single-engine, four-seat Bonanza aircraft.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-14

2026-09-14 · The Guardian

Wisconsin congressman swims to safety after plane makes emergency landing in lake · assertive framing

Claims (5 extracted, 0 hedged)

A Republican congressman said he had to swim to safety after a plane he was traveling in made an emergency landing in a lake late Saturday. asserted

he → say → lake

Representative Tom Tiffany says he was returning from the La Crosse county Lincoln Day Dinner when the light aircraft lost power as it approached Wausau downtown airport. asserted

it → say → airport

The pilot made an emergency landing in Lake Wausau. asserted

pilot → make → Wausau

They both ended up in the water and swam to safety. “After landing, we called 911. asserted

we → end → 911

Tiffany → begin → Trump