U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, the Republican nominee for Wisconsin governor, said he sustained minor injuries late Saturday night after a small plane carrying him and a pilot lost power and made an emergency water landing on Lake Wausau in central Wisconsin.

Tiffany detailed the incident in a statement posted to X in the early hours of Sunday, describing a harrowing sequence of events that unfolded as the aircraft approached Wausau Downtown Airport following a campaign event.

According to Tiffany's account, the four-seat Bonanza aircraft lost power while returning from the La Crosse County Lincoln Day Dinner in Onalaska, Wisconsin. "While returning home from the La Crosse County Lincoln Day Dinner tonight, the plane I was traveling in lost power as we approached the Wausau Downtown Airport," Tiffany wrote. "The pilot made an emergency water landing in Lake Wausau."

Once the plane came down on the lake, Tiffany said he and the pilot immediately called for help, but the aircraft began taking on water and sinking before rescuers could reach them. "After landing, we called 911. As the plane began to submerge, we exited the aircraft and swam to a shallow area, where we waited until emergency responders reached us by boat," Tiffany said.

The Marathon County Sheriff's Office confirmed that a private aircraft went down........

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