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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 lethal internal injuries? >> im allergic to penicillin and iodine. >> are you allergic to morphin...

>> 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 figure out what could possibly be going wrong. >> at 8,000 feet, th...

Hour to the ground. >> 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 arm and release the flag, but hes losing altitude and hope fast. >> now im down to one problem. i have a malfunctioning parachute. skydivers are trained from jump oun how to deal with a malfunction. >> the primary parachute was jammed. so the only way to cut it loose is to set it free. he cant get to the knife had his leg pocket. >> ...

♪ >> a skydiver is running out of time. and altitude. >> i can see my altim ter going to 2,000 feet into the red zone. >> the only two things that separate him from almost uncertain death. >> this was 100% unprecedented for me and unimaginable. >> the parachute center and ocampo, california, is open for business, weather permitting, 365 days a year. world championship skydiver craig stapleton, has more than 7,000 jumps under his belt. >> everything can happen in a split second. it can all chan...

Involving risky maneuver, homeding on to another jumpers shoot in mid-air. >> on this day his partner is a daredevil in her own right. >> shes the kind of person to take it on. >> craig and i jump together all the time. >> march 10th, 2013. hansons recording their jump on her helmet cam. >> everybody has cameras. this is skydiving. >> stapleton and hanson are a good team with more than 11,000 jumps between them. stapleton has done this stunned theyre about to tackle before, but its the first tim...

He have internal injuries? >> im allergic to penicillin and iso dine. >> the first person to get to me was katie, and the relief, i can still hear it in my mind, oh, my gosh, youre still alive. >> hes rushed to the hospital and released that night with no broken bones and only minlor bruises. >> at 7:00 p.m. that night i walked out of the emergency room. >> in the hospital parking lot, friends are waiting to celebrate. >> it was probably the best sight ive ever seen. >> it turns out, stapleton m...

>> i was watching, just please clear, please clear. >> stapletons reserve parachute is so tangled, it cant help the primary chute slow down his fall. >> im at 1,200 feet and ive got a few seconds to think about whats important. >> about to land in a vineyard, a fellow skydivers 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. >> whats your name? >> c...

Seizure free for years. he spends the next 30 seconds in free fall. completely unconscious. when sky diving a parachute is typically deployed at around 5,000 feet. running out of time mcfarland rockets through the high winds to his student and pulls the rip cord. at 3,000 feet jones regains consciousness, just in time to make a safe landing. although this dramatic rescue took place in november jones just shared it with the world via youtube on sunday and in just 24 hours, the video has received ...

The doctor signed a waiver but is that common? does it matter if people have health conditions? what are the requirements? >> you need to be somewhat healthy to skydive. its a very high stress sport. its somewhat physically demanding and extremely mentally demanding. you have to be able to handle stress and obviously, this person hadnt had enough stress to induce a seizure until he was in the air. >> craig stapleton, thanks for your time. >> thank you. coming up at the top of the hour all eyes...

Have been hit with a single plane in the past. to have two in the air and going out of control, thats real scary. >> are you still jumping after you landed on that tuft of hay or grass in a vineyard and miraculously survived yourself? >> i managed to make another 350 jumps this year. >> craig stapleton, goodness. thank you for coming back on. we appreciate you. good luck there. now to this one, the toronto mayor accused of smoking crack cocaine, issues an apology, but stops short of coming cle...