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Because it was ahat was tremendous flash. >> another big arc. enormous arc and burned through the cables that hold the basket and the balloon and that is when they is separated. >> the balloon itself is cast off to sputter through the air. as for the gondola, it is hard to imagine anyone on board it could survive. they have endured a series of potentially lethal high voltage shocks and a 30-foot drop. >> it is like slow motion. the basket you can just see it going down and it hits the ground and...

Was a tremendous flash. >> oh, jesus. >> another big arc, enormous arc, and it burned through the cables that hold the basket and the balloon, and thats when they separated. >> the balloon itself is cast off to sputter through the air. as for the gondola, it is hard to imagine anyone on board it could survive. they have endured a series of potentially lethal high voltage shocks and a 30-foot drop. >> its like slow motion. that basket, you can just see it going down. and it hits the ground. you t...

>> with circuit breakers cutting the power from the line temporarily -- >> im thinking, my god. what are they going to do. i cant see how theyre going to get down from there without something happening. >> the balloon is suspended in a deadly tangle of high tension wires. then suddenly, the power surges on again. >> oh, jesus. >> oh, jesus. >> there was a bigger flash and i -- i truly thought that whoever was in the gondola must be burned to death because it was a tremendous flash. >> another bi...

Be burned to death because it was a tremendous flash. >> another big arc, enormous arc, and it burned through the basket and balloon and thats when it separated. >> the balloon itself is cast off to sputter through the air. as for the gondola, it is hard to imagine anyone on board it could survive. they have endured a series of potentially lethal high voltage shocks and a 30-foot drop. >> its like slow motion. that basket, can you just see it going down. and it hits the ground. you think, oh, bo...

Whoever was in the gondola must be burned or dead, because it was a tremendous flash. >> another big arc, an enormous arc, and it burnt through the cables that hold the basket and the balloon. and thats when they separated. >> the balloon itself is cast off, to sputter through the air. as for the gondola, its hard to imagine anyone on board it could survive. theyve endured a series of potentially lethal high-voltage shocks and a 30-foot drop. >> and its like slow-motion. that basket, if you just...

>> another big arc, enormous arc, and it burned through the cables between the basket and balloon and thats when it separated. >> the balloon itself is cast off to sputter through the air. as for the gondola, it is hard to imagine anyone on board it could survive. they have endured a series of potentially lethal high voltage shocks and a 30-foot drop. >> its like slow motion. that basket, can you just see it going down. and it hits the ground. you think, oh, boy, if they live through that, theyr...

Be burned to death because it was a tremendous flash. >> oh, jesus. >> another big arc, enormous arc, and it burned through the cables that hold the basket and the balloon, and thats when they separated. >> the balloon itself is cast off to sputter through the air. as for the gondola, its hard to imagine anyone on board it could survive. they have endured a series of potentially lethal high voltage shocks and a 30-foot drop. >> its like slow motion. that basket. you can just see it going down. a...