Caught in a massive snowstorm and running low on fuel, Gifford and the two other pilots knew they were running out of options. “So, I had to make a pretty gutsy decision at that point,” Gifford said. The air force veteran brought the plane low over Carroll. So low, Gifford recalls seeing a Hamm’s beer billboard. “Water towers are 125 feet high, and we were below that,” Gifford said. Outside of town, he chose a cornfield