The pilot who fell unconscious during a flight landed by a passenger with no idea how to fly a plane has made a recovery that his doctor is calling “a miracle.”
Dr. Nishant Patel, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center who treated the pilot, outlined how long the odds were that the man would survive the landing, the trips to the two hospitals and then the surgery.
Emergency personnel initially thought the pilot had potentially suffered a stroke before doctors at St. Mary’s discovered a tear in his aorta, according to Patel. He was quickly transferred to the second hospital for emergency surgery. Patel said the pilot was in great health before the cardiac event and has already done “remarkably well” in his recovery.with"TODAY" co-host Savannah Guthrie about how he remained calm during the flight and what the “scariest” moments were of the entire ordeal.
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