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>> today his partner is katie hanson. a daredevil in her own right. >> she wont be so intimidated that they cant think and cant do. >> craig and i jump together all the time. >> hanson is recording their jump on her helmet cam. >> everybody has cameras. this is sky diving. >> stapleton and hanson are a good team with more than 11,000 jumps between them. stapleton has done this stunt they are about to tackle before, but its the first time for hanson. >> there is a learning curve where you have to...

That my feet are actually on her shoulders. im already down above her. >> he lowered down the tether. all i had to do was clip it in. >> then, in the most delicate part of the maneuver, they separate, and start to unfurl a huge american flag, which isnt seen yet on camera. >> its like flying in a hurricane. its 80 miles an hour straight at the ground. >> but something goes terribly wrong. stapleton gets his foot tangled in his lines, partially collapsing his parachute. >> at first im thinking, o...

Formation sky diving with their parachute open. >> today his partner is katie hanson. >> she wont be so intimidated that they cant think and cant do. >> craig and i jump together all the time. >> hanson is recording their jump on her helmet cam. >> everybody has cameras. this is sky diving. >> stapleton and hanson are a good team with more than 11,000 jumps between them. stapleton has done this stunt they are about to tackle before, but its the first time for hanson. >> there is a learning curve...

Fall. >> i am at 500 feet, and i have got a few seconds to think about what is important and say good-bye. >> a fellow sky divers cell phone records stapleton as he plummets to earth. hanson races to her friend. >> dont move, craig. dont move. >> i was 100% sure that he was dead. >> hanson drops her helmet cam to the ground. >> what is your name? >> craig stapleton. >> where are you? >> the drop zone in the [ bleep ] wine field. >> amazing, stapleton is breathing and conscious. but does he have ...

And relief in her voice, i could hear it in her voice, oh, my gosh, you are still alive. >> stapleton is rushed to the hospital. and, defying all odds, he is released that night with no broken bones and only minor bruises. >> at 7:00 p.m. that night, i walked out of the hospital room. >> in the hospital parking lot, friends are waiting to celebrate. >> it was probably the best sunset ive ever seen. >> it turns out stapleton may owe his life to the one row of freshly plowed dirt that helped to so...

Formation sky diving with their parachute open. >> today his partner is katie hanson. a dare devil in her own right. >> she wont be so intimidated that they cant think and cant do. >> craig and i jump together all the time. >> march 10th, 2013. >> hanson is recording their jump on her helmet cam. >> everybody has cameras. this is sky diving. >> stapleton and hanson are a good team with more than 11,000 jumps between them. stapleton has done this stunt they are about to tackle before, but its the...

Was katie. and relief in her voice, i could hear it in her voice, oh, my gosh, you are still alive. >> stapleton is rushed to the hospital. and, defying all odds, he is released that night with no broken bones and only minor bruises. >> at 7:00 p.m. that night, i walked out of that emergency room. >> in the hospital parking lot, friends are waiting to celebrate. >> it was probably the best sunset ive ever seen. >> it turns out stapleton may owe his life to the one row of freshly plowed dirt that...

Is so tangled, it cant help the primary chute slow down his fall. >> im at 1200 feet and got a few seconds to think about whats important and say good-bye. >> about to land in a vineyard where metal stakes can be lethal, a fellow sky drivers cell phone records stapleton as he plummets to earth. hanson races to her friend. >> dont move, craig. dont move. >> i was 100% sure that he was dead. >> hanson drops her helmet cam to the ground. >> what is your name? >> craig stapleton. >> where are you? >...

>> i released my end of the flag so the problem became just craigs, and then i started just following him down. >> stapleton manages to free his arms and release the flag. but hes losing all altitude, and hope, fast. >> now im down to one problem. i have a malfunctioned parachute. sky divers are trained from jump one how to deal with a malfunctioned parachute. you reach down and pull the handle and release the parachute. >> the handle is jammed, so the only way to release the chute is to cut it ...

>> then, in the most delicate part of the maneuver, they separate, and start to unfurl a huge american flag, which isnt seen yet on camera. >> its like flying in a hurricane. its 80 miles an hour straight at the ground. >> but something goes terribly wrong. stapleton gets his foot tangled in his lines, partially collapsing his parachute. >> at first im thinking, oh, man, im such an idiot. he cant believe i let this happen. my parachute started spinning, and my arms actually got trapped in the li...