One day in 2017, while southbound on I-405, Meffert noticed a low-flying plane to his left.
It continued to descend closer to the freeway, eventually clipping his car before it crashed on the road.
And in that moment, I was like, Oh, theres somebody alive, Meffert said.
But Janan refused to leave without him.
Then Meffert pulled her to safety.
He returned to the aircraft to free Frank, whose legs were wedged under the control panel.
Thats the last thing I remember for six days, Frank said.
Janan spent two weeks in the hospital, while Frank spent four.
Upon returning home, both Pisanos had to wear back braces for four months.
He said he would.
John was here all the time.
He would pop in just to sit in the backyard and chat, said Janan.
We went through something so difficult and so dangerous, and came so close to death.
Nobody else was injured, which is just miraculous, said Janan.
I grew up with my grandparents around quite a bit.
So, initially, I thought I wanted to become a physical therapist.
Being a hospital corpsman was one of those avenues that would maybe achieve that goal for me.
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