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GOP gov candidate recounts miracle water landing as dispatch audio reveals desperate search for sinking plane
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A desperate search unfolded across a dark Wisconsin lake after Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany’s powerless plane plunged into the water and disappeared beneath the surface with rescuers unsure where he and his pilot had gone.
Dramatic dispatch audio captures crews calling for more ambulances, engines and boats as they raced to find the two men and tracked the last GPS location of a phone believed to be underwater.
«We’re going to be in search for a down plane,» one responder warned.
WISCONSIN GOP GOVERNOR CANDIDATE SWIMS FROM SINKING PLANE AFTER EMERGENCY LAKE LANDING
First responders gather near a Lake Wausau boat landing during the rescue of Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany and his pilot. (WSAW)
Hours after leaving the hospital, Tiffany revealed Sunday that pilot Leonard «Len» Boltz had just seconds to react after the plane lost power on its final approach to Wausau Downtown Airport.
«Len said to me, ‘We are going down. Pull your seatbelt tight,’» Tiffany recalled during a news conference. «And that’s exactly what I did. I gave it a yank and pulled it good and tight.»
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Emergency crews search Lake Wausau after a plane carrying Wisconsin GOP gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany lost power and landed in the water. (WSAW)
«It was probably about 10 seconds later,» he added. «We hit the water.»
The impact sent Tiffany’s head into the dashboard, leaving him with a gash above his right eye that required 12 stitches. Boltz received four stitches for one of his injuries, Tiffany said.
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The two men checked on each other before escaping through the passenger-side door as the plane began filling with water.
Tiffany searched the cockpit for his phone but could not find it. Boltz still had his phone and called 911.
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They climbed atop the slowly sinking plane and waited there for roughly 10 minutes as emergency lights appeared around the lake.
As the aircraft slipped underwater beneath them, they began swimming toward the airport. They made it roughly 100 to 150 feet before Tiffany reached a high spot in the lake where the water was about five feet deep.
MULTIPLE INJURED AFTER FLOATPLANE MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING, CATCHES FIRE OFF WASHINGTON COAST
FILE – Rep. Tom Tiffany was taken to the hospital after the small plane lost power and crashed into a lake. (Mark Schiefelbein-Pool/Getty Images)
«I said to Len, ‘Let’s just stay right here until help can come,’ because we could see the sirens,» Tiffany said.
His voice cracked as the gravity of the ordeal appeared to catch up with him.
«We are just really fortunate,» Tiffany said, pausing as he became emotional. «We’re really fortunate that God was looking after us last night.»
The dispatch audio revealed the uncertainty confronting first responders as they raced toward different points along Lake Wausau.
«Can you get another ambulance rolling this way and one more engine, please?» one responder said. «Also page SAFER mutual aid to Bluegill Park with a boat.»
Another responder reported that a witness had seen the aircraft go down but could provide only a general search area.
«I’m on scene with the reporting party,» the responder said. «He stated he did see [an] aircraft crash.»
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Crews carried thermal-imaging equipment and used a phone’s last known GPS coordinates to narrow the search. A landowner also provided a boat for deputies to use, according to the radio traffic.
«I was talking to the pilots,» a responder said. «It sounds like they may plan to swim to the nearest shore after it went under, and then I lost contact with them.»
«I believe his phone is underwater,» he added. «They may be swimming south, I believe.»
The tense search ended when rescuers announced that both men had been located.
«We have two victims in the water,» a responder said. «We’re just pulling them out now.»
Minutes later, a crew reported both were «alert, conscious» and confirmed everyone aboard the aircraft had been accounted for.
FILE – Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, a candidate for Wisconsin governor, said he received stiches following the crash. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)
Tiffany credited Boltz’s experience with keeping the emergency landing from becoming deadly. The former Air Force pilot trainer raised the plane’s landing gear before touching down, preventing it from potentially cartwheeling across the water.
«He was savvy enough and quick enough to think about, ‘We’ve got to make sure and pull that landing gear up,’» Tiffany said. «He did that, and it might have saved us.»
Tiffany estimated the plane was still traveling between 70 and 80 mph when it hit the lake, describing the impact as «a fast-moving car crash.»
«We’re fortunate the plane didn’t flip,» he said. «I just take that to the skill of the pilot.»
Wausau Mayor Doug Diny, a former military pilot, also praised Boltz for safely bringing the aircraft down at night.
PILOT RESCUED AFTER WORLD WAR II-ERA PLANE CRASHES AT PENNSYLVANIA AIRPORT
FILE – Republican Rep. Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin, a GOP gubernatorial candidate, said he plans to return to the campaign trail Monday. (Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
«The last thing anyone wants to do as a pilot is put the aircraft in the water at night,» Diny said.
Tiffany and Boltz were taken to Aspirus Wausau Hospital and released after treatment. Tiffany said a CT scan found no apparent concussion, though doctors instructed him to watch for possible symptoms and avoid flying for several days.
Despite canceling a trip to Washington, D.C., Tiffany said he plans to return to the campaign trail Monday.
«This will not deter me in my efforts that I started a year ago to become the next governor of the state of Wisconsin,» he said.
The single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza remained submerged Sunday. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating what caused it to lose power.
House Speaker Mike Johnson celebrated Tiffany’s return following the close call.
«Grateful to God no one was hurt in this accident and my good friend @TomTiffanyWI is safe and back on the trail!» Johnson wrote on X.
Tiffany represents Wisconsin’s 7th Congressional District and is running against Democratic Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley in November.
Crowley said he was grateful Tiffany and the pilot survived and praised Boltz’s actions.
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Houthis enter US ‘kill box’ after seizing Red Sea ‘cork,’ former Pentagon official warns
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Iran-backed Houthi rebels captured Perim Island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait Sept. 11, opening a new front at a vital global shipping chokepoint as a former Pentagon official warned Sunday the militants had entered a «kill box.»
The island’s capture came after a month-long offensive along Yemen’s western coast that killed more than 1,500 soldiers and forced Yemen’s government to acknowledge a «painful» defeat, according to The Associated Press.
«With Perim, they have gained what we could call the cork in the Red Sea bottle,» Morgan Murphy, a former Pentagon press secretary and retired Navy captain, told Fox News Digital.
«But they’ve put themselves into a kill box. They’re nowhere near the capability of the United States and if the president so chooses, he can wipe them off the face of that rock pretty easily,» Murphy warned.
SAUDI ARABIA TELLS TRUMP NOW IS THE TIME FOR MILITARY ACTION AS IRAN-BACKED HOUTHIS ADVANCE
The Houthis reached the strategic island of Perim in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on September 11 in a move to tighten their grip on a vital global shipping route. (Reuters)
Despite Perim sitting in the middle of the narrow maritime passage, Murphy detailed how the Houthis had effectively placed themselves in an area that is vulnerable to concentrated fire.
«Perim cuts that chokepoint right in half, and it’s only 18 miles wide there,» Murphy said.
He said the island has served as a pivotal maritime vantage point for hundreds of years, previously targeted for control by French forces and held by the British Empire for over a century.
Perim — a desolate volcanic island also known as Mayun — also sits roughly 20 miles off the Horn of Africa, placing it in proximity to Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, home to one of the largest U.S. military installations on the continent.
«We have incredible firepower in that region, and that’s a little rock in the middle of that strait. It’s a volcanic rock. It doesn’t have any water. It’s uninhabitable,» Murphy warned.
«There’s no vegetation to speak of. And the Houthis have just massed their troops on that rock. So what that is, what we would call that in the Navy, is a kill box.»
Satellite imagery of the island shows a 1.85-kilometer (6,070-foot) runway alongside three military hangars, which regional intelligence reports attribute to past construction by the United Arab Emirates.
«There’s a 6,000-foot airstrip on that island. I think that Emiratis built it,» Murphy said.
‘GATE OF TEARS’ AT RISK: IRAN THREATENS MAJOR NEW GLOBAL CHOKEPOINT IF US MOVES ON HORMUZ
«It’s nice to have an airstrip, and especially a long runway, but we don’t know the condition of that runway. We don’t know how they could possibly use that runway, and they certainly don’t have the sophisticated air power that the United States and its allies have to project power from that runway.»
He added that the U.S. military holds overwhelming force options if commanders elect to target the island.
«We could wipe that rock into glass, just blast it into a smooth glass surface, put skates back on our feet, and skate all over it,» Murphy said.
«That’s why the Houthis have kind of played coy with the president, and they know that even if they fortify that rock they’re not going to be able to hold it in the face of the United States Navy.»
The developments come amid diplomatic maneuvering between Washington, Riyadh and the Houthis in recent days.
Sources confirmed to Fox News Digital that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had called President Donald Trump twice Sept. 10 to urge him to authorize U.S. military strikes against Houthi positions.
Trump declined direct intervention, with U.S. officials noting the administration has no immediate plans for direct combat involvement but will continue offering intelligence assistance.
IRAN AND HOUTHI TERROR PROXY FACING RED SEA THREAT FROM PRO-US AFRICAN NATION
Satellite imagery shows Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a key shipping waterway and the gateway to the Red Sea, as Iran threatens using Yemen’s Houthi allies to shut the Bab el-Mandeb gateway to the Red Sea, in this handout picture dated July 12, 2026. (Nasa Worldview/Handout via Reuters)
Speaking to reporters in Dublin on Sept. 12, Trump also indicated the Houthis had signaled a desire to avoid direct confrontation with American forces.
«The Houthis called us, and they don’t want to fight with us. They let us know, they don’t want to fight with us… they don’t want us to go after them,» Trump said.
Murphy suggested, however, that Washington’s restraint should not be mistaken for inaction.
«I can’t speak for the president. But this administration has not shown a lack of resolve to use force,» Murphy said.
«I wouldn’t doubt at all if the president took steps to pound some of these folks into the sand if they continue to really disrupt the global energy supply.»
Yemeni government, regional and Iranian sources told Reuters the Houthi advance was sustained by Iranian weaponry and tactical direction from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, with U.S. officials estimating hundreds of IRGC officers remain active in Yemen.
Murphy noted that Tehran’s strategy appears designed to drive up global fuel prices by choking critical shipping lanes.
TRUMP THREATENS ‘MAJOR MILITARY PUNISHMENT’ FOR IRAN OVER FUTURE HOUTHI ATTACKS
Protesters who support Yemen’s Houthi group brandish weapons and shout slogans as they celebrate the ban imposed against the maritime shipping of Saudi Arabia on July 20, 2026, in Sana’a, Yemen. (Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)
Comparing the conflict to historical naval power struggles, Murphy emphasized the strategic mismatch.
«We’re in a different era. They are nowhere near the sophistication of the world’s major powers. The Houthis are using a 19th-century playbook. They are not using 21st-century warfare,» he said.
«So, yes, they’ve caught a critical cork in the Red Sea bottle, but how they use it remains to be seen,» Murphy concluded.
«This is an example of why great powers really have to have a strong Navy. This is why Great Britain had a strong navy. This is why the United States has a strong navy, because there’s so many regional powers who want to try to bottle up shipping, whether it is in the Strait of Malacca, whether it is in the Strait of Hormuz, and here, in this case, in the Red Sea.»
«I think what we’re going to see in the next several days and weeks is a coordinated effort by the Trump administration to make sure our allies are on board in helping us keep these critical waterways open, free, and clear for freedom of navigation,» he said.
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En Panamá el sistema cooperativo se mantiene como una opción de financiamiento para los consumidores
Las cooperativas panameñas ampliaron su crédito y, al mismo tiempo, registraron una reducción en los atrasos de pago.
Esta evolución expone un desafío para el sector, que es el de sostener la colocación de financiamiento sin debilitar la capacidad de pago de sus clientes.
Los registros del Sistema de Referencias de Crédito de APC Experian ubicaron la cartera de estas entidades en $1.692 millones al cierre de julio de 2026.
El monto representó un aumento interanual del 3% frente al nivel informado para el mismo mes de 2025.
La morosidad de los préstamos con más de 61 días de atraso pasó del 7,36% al 7,31% en ese período y, aunque la variación fue limitada, ocurrió mientras el volumen de crédito siguió en alza.
El sistema cooperativo de Panamá mantiene su presencia entre las opciones de financiamiento para los consumidores, con una cartera mayor y una mora apenas menor.
Informes indican que la continuidad de esa tendencia dependerá de que las entidades evalúen la capacidad de pago antes de aprobar nuevos créditos y detecten de forma temprana posibles incumplimientos.
En detalle, durante el primer semestre de 2026, las cooperativas reunieron 144.523 referencias de crédito activas. El saldo promedio de cada obligación fue de $11.710.
El crédito personal concentró la mayor exposición del sistema. Esta modalidad acumuló $1.174 millones y superó las 103 mil obligaciones vigentes.
La distribución muestra que cerca de siete de cada diez unidades monetarias prestadas por las cooperativas correspondieron a ese tipo de financiamiento. La proporción vuelve central el análisis del endeudamiento de quienes solicitan préstamos para gastos personales.
El segundo segmento de la cartera está conformado por los créditos hipotecarios, con un saldo de $330 millones, en tanto que los demás productos sumaron $116 millones.
Dentro de esos rubros, los préstamos para automóviles registraron $45 millones, y las tarjetas de crédito mantuvieron alrededor de $26 millones.
La concentración en los préstamos personales obliga a las entidades a revisar con precisión los ingresos, las obligaciones previas y el comportamiento de pago de cada solicitante. Una evaluación insuficiente puede elevar el riesgo de que la expansión de la cartera se traduzca en un deterioro posterior.
El descenso en el indicador de atrasos se produjo mientras las cooperativas otorgaban más financiamiento. El resultado plantea la necesidad de equilibrar el crecimiento de las colocaciones con mecanismos de prevención de incumplimientos.
El reto del sector no se limita a sumar nuevos clientes o elevar los saldos prestados. Las entidades deben definir qué nivel de riesgo aceptarán y establecer cuánto puede pagar cada persona antes de concederle un crédito.
Los sistemas de referencias de crédito aportan información para examinar el historial financiero de los usuarios. Esos datos pueden servir para definir perfiles de riesgo y fijar montos, condiciones y plazos de los préstamos.
“Las cooperativas cumplen un rol fundamental en el acceso al crédito y en el avance de la inclusión financiera en Panamá”, afirmó Giovanna Cardellicchio, gerente general de APC Experian.
La ejecutiva sostuvo que la información, la analítica y la tecnología pueden ayudar a las cooperativas a crecer de manera sostenible. También indicó que esas herramientas permiten tomar decisiones de crédito con mayor rapidez y precisión.
El uso de datos puede advertir si un solicitante ya enfrenta una carga financiera que compromete su capacidad de pago. A la vez, puede acelerar las respuestas para los clientes que mantienen un historial favorable.
Las cooperativas han comenzado a incorporar soluciones tecnológicas que antes estaban asociadas sobre todo con los bancos y las instituciones financieras de mayor tamaño. Estos recursos permiten revisar solicitudes, clasificar perfiles y automatizar parte de los procesos.
La adopción de estas herramientas puede reducir la posibilidad de aprobar un préstamo para una persona que no podrá cumplir con las cuotas. También puede facilitar el acceso al financiamiento de quienes muestran un comportamiento financiero adecuado.
Cardellicchio señaló que el proceso no debe quedar limitado a la incorporación de plataformas. “Innovar no significa únicamente incorporar tecnología”, explicó la gerente general de APC Experian.
La ejecutiva añadió que el objetivo consiste en aprovechar mejor los datos para comprender el riesgo, acelerar las decisiones y facilitar el acceso responsable al crédito.
El sector cooperativo deberá preservar su función de inclusión financiera mientras protege la calidad de su cartera. La combinación entre crecimiento del crédito, evaluación de clientes y uso de información definirá el desempeño de estas entidades en los próximos períodos.
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President Donald Trump slammed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for appearing to laugh during the solemn reading of victims’ names at the 9/11 Memorial, calling their behavior «terrible» and «inappropriate.»
«I think it’s terrible,» Trump said when asked about the video of the two Democrats. «It’s not a place to be laughing, especially in that case.»
«I thought it was terrible,» he continued. «The fact that they were laughing together at a very important part of the ceremony was inappropriate.»
The president’s condemnation came after video of Ocasio-Cortez and Mamdani sharing what appeared to be a lighthearted exchange at Ground Zero sparked widespread criticism online.
AOC, MAMDANI INTERACTION CAUGHT ON CAM AT 9/11 MEMORIAL SPARKS ONLINE FURY
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., left, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani, right, appear to laugh during the reading-of-names at the 9/11 Memorial. (Screenshot/Fox News)
A television feed from Friday’s ceremony showed a young man overcome with emotion near the memorial before cutting to Mamdani and Ocasio-Cortez smiling and appearing to laugh as they spoke. Their conversation could not be heard.
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Representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, a Democrat from New York, center, and Zohran Mamdani, mayor of New York, center right, during the 25th anniversary commemoration ceremony at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York. ( )
The moment unfolded as mourners read aloud the names of those killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing during ceremonies marking the 25th anniversary of 9/11. Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the 2001 attacks.
The video quickly spread across social media, where critics accused the pair of showing disrespect on one of the nation’s most solemn days.
MAMDANI DRAWS FURY FROM 9/11 MOURNERS OVER GROUND ZERO APPEARANCE: ‘DISRESPECTFUL’
Colorful flowers are left by mourners at the 911 Memorial, offering gifts to remember those killed in the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York City. (Getty)
«As the names of Americans murdered on September 11th are read aloud at Ground Zero, AOC and Mamdani are laughing and smiling together,» Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, wrote on X.
«There is a time and a place for politics. This isn’t it. Ground Zero is sacred ground,» Hunt added. «September 11 is not a photo op, it is not a networking event.»
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Meghan McCain also reacted to the video, asking on X, «Why the f— are these two laughing?»
New York City Councilwoman Inna Vernikov, a Republican, similarly ripped the moment.
ZOHRAN MAMDANI URGED TO SKIP NEW YORK CITY’S 9/11 MEMORIAL: ‘VILE ANTISEMITE’
«After thousands of families of victims of terror beg Mamdani not to show up, he stands there and laughs while families weep,» Vernikov wrote. «This is NYC’s Mayor.»
Mamdani had already faced opposition from some victims’ families ahead of the ceremony. A petition urging him to stay away from Ground Zero gathered more than 110,000 signatures, though Mamdani attended and remained for the ceremony.
DE NIRO CALLS CONTROVERSIAL MAMDANI POLICE COMMENTS ‘RIDICULOUS’ AS HE DEFENDS MAYOR GOING TO 9/11 SERVICE
Flowers and American flags rest beside inscribed names at a reflecting pool at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum on Sept. 11, 2026, in New York City, as the nation commemorated the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. (Jeenah Moon – Pool/Getty Images)
However, Michael Ragusa, who has served as a member of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s entourage, disputed claims that Mamdani and Ocasio-Cortez were joking about the ceremony.
«The videos of [them] laughing are not true. I was standing next to them the whole time,» Ragusa wrote on X.
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«The camera just caught her greeting him hello,» he added. «Multiple other politicians were laughing and joking behind me. Republicans and Democrats.»
Mamdani was seen standing somberly at other points during the ceremony. It remains unclear what he and Ocasio-Cortez discussed during the brief exchange.
Fox News Digital previously reached out to Mamdani and Ocasio-Cortez for comment.
Fox News Digital’s Charles Creitz contributed to this report.
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