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A Delta Air Lines flight was apparently struck by fireworks as it descended into Chicago Midway International Airport on Saturday evening, according to air traffic control audio and the airline.

“We just had a firework hit our plane,” the pilot of Delta Flight 1076 told controllers, according to the audio.

“We’re just hoping it was just a mortar that went off underneath, but definitely felt a big bang.”

In the player above: Newly released audio reveals how pilots of a Delta Airlines flight reacted when a plane apparently "made contact with a firework" while landing in Chicago.

The controller replied that there had been “multiple reports” of similar incidents and instructed the crew to head to the gate and inspect the aircraft for damage.

As a subsequent Southwest Airlines flight descended into Midway, a controller warned: “Welcome to the war zone.”

“That’s reassuring,” Southwest 223 responded to the warning.

In the initial report, the Delta pilot added that the plane was flying at 200 feet in its descent. Smaller consumer fireworks can range from 50 to 200 feet in the air, with some professional shows having explosion altitudes as high as 1,200 feet.

The Federal Aviation Administration is currently investigating the incident.

“Delta Air Lines Flight 1076 landed safely at Chicago Midway International Airport around 8:30 p.m. local time on Saturday, July 4,” the FAA said in a statement.“Please contact local authorities and the airline for additional information.”

No injuries were reported in the incident, Delta Air Lines said in a statement.

City officials were made aware of the potential dangers the fireworks were posing for the departing and arriving flights.

“They said they would notify the Chicago police, but you know, I don’t know what they’ll do, right?” controllers said in the audio.

CNN has reached out to Chicago police for details.

The surprise was waiting at the wedding reception.

Max Creamer and Jordan Rosenberg met at a Halloween party about ten years ago when they were in college at San Diego State University. They got engaged on a California beach and were married this past May.

At the reception, Jordan was in the middle of her father-daughter dance, bobbing back and forth to “God Only Knows” by the Beach Boys.

Suddenly, the audio changed. It was time for the surprise.

Weeks earlier, as the big day approached, Jordan’s parents, Lou and Jill Rosenberg, remembered that they had a video recording of Jordan at just four years old, describing all the details of her future wedding. The video was about 25 years old now. It provided a portal into the magic of childhood imagination—and it held a secret inside too. 

Once the Rosenberg parents found it, they knew they had to share it with everyone else, so as father and daughter swayed together on the dance floor, the voice of four-year-old Jordan cut in.

“My wedding is going to have clowns dancing with the children and a moon bounce and face painting,” four-year-old Jordan exclaimed.

Then, the prescient preschooler started talking about her guest list—and it included three of her friends, Gracie, Kylie, and Sarah, all of whom were in attendance as adults.

The biggest surprise came next.

“Who will be your husband?” Lou Rosenberg asked his young daughter. And as the wedding reception videographer turned to the groom, young Jordan delivered his name. “Max!”

Max was overcome with shock, and Jordan broke out in tears.

“No way!” someone yelled in the background.

@jordannrose1 I could not stop crying!! 🥹🤍full backstory: my parents found a video from when I was 4 years old talking shout my future wedding, where I named my childhood friends as my bridesmaids that were in attendance, and said Max would be my husband…. While I didn’t meet Max until college it was kismet!! They edited that clip into our father daughter dance and totally surprised everyone including me!!! ❤️ #fatherdaughterdance #wedding #bride #2026bride #2026wedding @absocialstudio ♬ original sound – jordan

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The unexpected recording added a dash of destiny to the wedding festivities—as sounds of surprise echoed throughout the reception room.

It turns out Jordan did have a friend named Max growing up, but she hadn’t thought of him or the recording in ages.

“I was just as surprised as everyone else!” Jordan told PEOPLE. “I was already emotional from the surprise of hearing my tiny 4-year-old voice. I couldn’t believe what was going on! I immediately started crying and laughing at the same time.”

Soon afterward, the reception video was posted to TikTok and went far beyond viral, receiving more than 22 million views and 3.5 million Likes, as hearts were warmed all over the internet.

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“This is the most beautiful invisible string story I’ve ever heard of,” commented one TikTok fan.

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