The two military men grabbed their kayaks and made their way out to the downed plane, which had landed in Beards Creek in Edgewater, not far from Lee Airport."I just pick-axed backwards and got my kayak back out of the ice and he was out of the water," Gelinne Sr., a retired naval officer, told Baltimore ABC affiliate WMAR.Anne Arundel County Police Officer Elizabeth Myersalso also responded via kayak, using a screwdriver to skim across the ice.A Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police vessel then reached the scene and took the pilot to an awaiting ambulance, police said.First responders hailed the Gelinnes for their quick thinking and likely life-saving actions in getting to the pilot quickly and pulling him partially out of the freezing water."