A Piper Navajo crashed on the edge of the Everglades on Monday Oct. 26, 2015. (CBS4)
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There were three people on board. Two passengers and the pilot. (CBS4)
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The crew of Chopper 4 spotted the plane off US 27 north of Griffin Road. (CBS4)
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Chopper 4 landed and the crew quickly ran to help and called Fire Rescue (CBS4)
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All three people in the plane were hurt. (CBS4)
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The passengers, however, got out while the pilot was stuck. (CBS4)
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Fire Rescue crews arrived to rescue the pilot and treat the injured.
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Here, a passenger is seen getting assistance from Fire Rescue. (CBS4)
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It wasn't first known how severely the pilot was hurt. (CBS4)
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The plane came down right next to a dirt road and a canal, right into the muck. (CBS4)
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They used the jaws of life to remove the top of the plane in order to pull him out. (CBS4)
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The pilot being removed from the plane and placed onto a gurney (CBS4)
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Fire rescue uses a ladder and pulley to raise pilot to the waiting ambulance. (CBS4)
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He was air rescued to the hospital (CBS4)
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Wide shot of the scene where a Piper Navajo crashed in Western Broward. (CBS4)
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