>>> WE TURN NOW TO AN INCREDIBLE STORY. A DRAMATIC SCENE ON NEW YORK'S LONG ISLAND. A PLANE MAKES AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN THE SAND. TAKE A LOOK. A FRIGHTENING SCENE ON THIS LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK BEACH. >> THERE'S A SINGLE-ENGINE PLANE ON THE BEACH. >> Reporter: THAT PLANE SEEN HERE MAKING AN EMERGENCY LANDING, CRASHING IN THE SAND, THEN NOSE-DOWN IN THE WATER. THAT PILOT, NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLYMAN CLYDE VANEL. >> HIS NAME'S CLYDE VANEL. NO INJURIES. HE'S STILL ON THE BEACH IN THE PLANE. >> Reporter: THIS WOMAN WAS TAKING A STROLL WITH HER DOG, VIDEO TAPING THIS SEAGULL. >> OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE, I HEARD AND I SAW SOMETHING. >> Reporter: WHAT SHE SAW WAS A SINGLE-ENGINE PLANE STRUGGLING AND MAKING ITS DESCENT. >> IT'S SO FAST. IT'S ALL HAPPENING FAST. I SEE THE PLANE FLYING TOWARDS ME. >> Reporter: SHE SAYS SHE RAN TO HELP VANEL. HE AND HIS PASSENGER ESCAPING WITH NO INJURY. >> I RAN UP TO THEM. WE WERE ALL IN SHOCK. THEY WERE ALIVE. >> Reporter: ASSEMBLYMAN VANEL TAKING TO SOCIAL MEDIA AFTER SAYING HE HAD TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT AFTER HE EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE, WRITING, I LANDED THE AIRPLANE AT THE NEAREST SAFE LOCATION. AND THEY ARE STILL LOOKING INTO JUST WHY THAT PLANE WENT DOWN, BUT JUST INCREDIBLE THAT NOBODY WAS INJURED, THANK GOODNESS. >> AND SHE CAUGHT THAT WHEN SHE WAS TRYING TO TAKE A VIDEO OF A SEAGULL. >> AMAZING.