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Mike Pence’s Plane Skids Off LaGuardia Runway

VP candidate Mike Pence got a bit of a scare when his campaign plane skidded off the runway and into the mud at a rainy LaGuardia Airport Thursday evening. Pence and all those aboard were evacuated through the back of the plane and all appear to be OK, but presumably a bit shook up. “The plane, which was coming from Fort Dodge, Iowa—about a three-hour flight from New York—made a rough impact when it landed.,” according to NBC News. “The pilot slammed on the brakes and travelers could smell burning rubber.”