of grass cleaned meticulously. we lined people up to pick up anything that might possibly harm andy striking the ground. then we called the pilot and asked him to bring him in. >> as the plane approaches, don turns to andy's dad. >> we embraced. it was very heartfelt. we talked about the fact we were confident andy was going to be okay. both of us knowing that that probably wasn't going to be the case. >> the men can't communicate with andy. but he begins to understand the plan. >> the ground was coming up at me, so i realized that we were going to land. i was honestly more exhausted emotionally, physically, mentally than i have ever been in my life and i was ready to deal with whatever the consequences were. i said to the pilot, make this the shortest and softest landing of your life. >> just before impact, andy