Pilot, children survive 12 hours on wing of submerged plane after crashing into icy lake - The trio spent a ‘long, cold, dark, wet night’ on the lake before being spotted by a Good Samaritan

Two young girls and a pilot miraculously survived a plane crash Sunday by huddling atop the aircraft’s wing for 12 long hours on a freezing Alaskan lake, according to witnesses and rescuers. The 38-year-old man and two young relatives in his immediate family were spotted atop the partially submerged Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser in the Tustumena Lake by a volunteer pilot who stepped forward Monday to help search for the trio.