face through his eye socket. ter he fell while trimming some bushes. this was excruciating. i can t tell you how much it hurt. i sort of pulled on it and it seemed real solid so i just left it alone and realized that it was the clipper. reporter: conscious the entire time, he yelled for his girlfriend of 12 years, arpy, who called 911. i don t know how i kept myself composed, i really don t. i guess in times like that, you do. i was just thinking of him. could for him. e best that i reporter: the head of the shears was stuck just above his carotid artery. a team of surgeons made two careful incisions to take it out. and we were able to loosen it up enough to where we could slide it out carefully. and he just did beautifully. reporter: dr. lynn polanski has worked several t tumas and was on the team that treated congresswoman gabrielle giffords after she was shot in the head. he calls this case one in a million. for this kind of direct impact, next to his eye, he s very luck
when they were flying over friday they saw what appeared to be a burglary in progress. man, someone s stealing something down there. i said, do they belong there? he goes, no, they don t. reporter: lynn was flying for the first time. it was awesome. everything was fine until we seen what was going on. reporter: lynn called his uncle who went to check on the home. when he arrived the suspects left, which led to a chase with polilice guided by the eyes in e sky. they re headed to highway 158. they re coming out by the farm. reporter: the two men were caught by a state trooper. they re coming to 158. it looks like they see an officer. there was three of us in the airplane. it was wild. when we see the cops pull up with all the lights and got them stopped, getting them out of the truck, it was pretty awesome. reporter: as for the homeowner himself? he says next time he goes for a joyride, there will be a few tense moments when they fly over his house. i ll be nervous un
after he fell while trimming some bushes. this was excrucucting. i can t tell you how much it hurt. i sort of pulled on it and it seemed real solid so i just left it alone and realized that it was the clipper. reporter: conscious the entire time, he yelled for his girlfriend of 12 years, arpy, who called 911. i don t know how i kept myself composed, i really don t. i guess in times like that, you do. i was just thinking of him. trying to do the best that i could for him. reporter: the handle was shears was stuck just above his carotid artery. a team of surgeons made two careful incisions to take it out. and we were able to loosen it up enough to where we could slide it out carefully. and he j jt did beautifully. reporter: dr. lynn polanski has worked several traumas and was on the team that treated congresswoman gabrielle giffords after she was shot in the head. he calls this case one in a million. for this kind of direct impact, next to his eye, he s very lucky.
you can call the headline on this one, just in the nick of time. for sure. it all went down in arkansas. while a homeowner was up in a small plane. that s when he saw something that was not quite right at his own home. blake ewan reports. he was flying over his residence in an airplane. he noticed two people burglarizing his residence, taking items. reporter: deputy sheriff philip wheataten says he never would have dream of getting turn by turn directions they re taking a northbound turn reporter: from m airplane all to catch a couple of suspects. they was following a vehicle and they was giving us a county road by county road, which way they was turning. going north on 625. reporter: david hudson and steven lynn were sightseeing by airplane friday. when they noticed something suspicious. when i took him over his house there were guys in his yard loading up a bunch of air conditioners and stuff. reporter: this is lynn s home from the air.
and stay out of the water. linsey davis, abc news, wilmington, vermont. please just stay out of the water. they ask people that, seems every storm somebody says, it will be okay, they go out and don t ever come home. it s bad enough too risk you own life, you re risking the lives of rescuers. service on amtrak between philly and boston will be restored today. that s impacted tens of thousands of people. today hopefully a smooth sailing. philly to lots of points north, big delays. slowly back to normal. take a look at your wednesday forecast now. a stormy day in bismarck, fargo, and sioux falls. windy with downpours around minneapolis, chicago, detroit, des moines, st. louou and cleveland. showers in the desert southwest and montana. heavy rains in south florida. 80s along most of the east coast. 79 in the twin cities. 92 in kansas city. 102 in dallas. just 666n seattle. 80 in boise. just shy of 100 in colorado springs. all right, switching gears now, imagine t