A pilot and two girls survived on the wing of a plane for about 12 hours after it crashed and was partially submerged in an icy Alaska lake, then were rescued after being spotted by a good Samaritan.

Terry Godes, the pilot who found the plane wreckage, said it was a miracle the man and his daughters survived the crash and freezing temperatures on the wing of the plane on an icy lake overnight.

A small plane carrying a father and his two daughters crashed on an icy lake in Alaska on March 23; The pilot and his young children survived on the wing of the plane for roughly