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Im thinking, im not going to make it back. i look down. maybe i should just land there. >> ferguson decides to land about 80 yards north of his intended target until a sudden burst of wind knocks him back on course. >> all of a sudden, it was like i got a big gust of wind from my backside. almost like a downdraft. like just pushing down on me. >> ferguson is heading directly for the trailer, parked inside the drop zone, which is used to pick up jumpers once they land. >> i got fixated on the tra...

>> bland immediately turns his attention to the safety of his team members who start reforming around him. >> i need to make sure i am aiming myself back towards the drop zone to make sure im safe and to make sure everybody else gets back. i consider that my responsibility as the person on the bottom. >> but as quickly as bland reorients himself, unbelievably, it happens again. another pocket of dead air, and another midair collision. this time, two different wing-suit fliers. as they tumble in ...

And scott head to the drop zone at 14,000 feet. then they jump. its captured on a video camera attached to his left hand. >> we fall perfectly. >> at 5,000 feet he releases the main parachute. for the second jump in a row, surprise. theres a problem. again, there are tension knots in his lines. he tries unsuccessfully to clear them. after falling for over a thousand more feet. he knows he has to turn to his reserve. >> sort of looked fine coming out of the bag. it sort of comes off and looks lik...

>> a fox news headlines. brian kilmeade and his wife, 20 years. >> cant take it back. kind of like reverse mortgage. >> we begin this hour with a fox news alert. two sky divers are dead after a mid air collision causes them to plummet to the ground. according to witnesses in arizona, they had their parachutes open when they collided and that caused their canopies to collapse. this happened at skydive, arizonas drop location, 60 miles south of phoenix. the company website claims it is considered ...

Back of blands legs, sending the base of the stack into a free-fall. its a scary moment, but bland recovers quickly. scotty burns, with his camera still rolling, dives to check on his friend. >> i flew over next to him and gave him an okay signal. he had a big old smile on his face and kind of a look like, what the heck was that? >> and i know what he interpreted as a smile was a grimace but that i said, ouch. >> bland is hurting, but he has a bigger concern. >> i didnt know if my gear had been ...

About 80 yards north of his intended target until a sudden burst of wind knocks him back on course. >> all of a sudden, it was like i got a big gust of wind from my backside. almost like a downdraft. like just pushing down on me. >> ferguson is heading directly for the trailer, parked inside the drop zone, which is used to pick up jumpers once they land. >> i got fixated on the trailer. and when you get fixation, nine times out of ten, youre going to hit what youre trying to miss. the last thing...

Plane. he sails over flatland. looks like nothing could possibly go wrong. >> the instructor floats toward the drop zone, an open field. the only object in sight, a trailer used to pick up the jumpers. >> like a moth to the flame. hes drawn to that trailer. come on, this whole field, really, hes going to hit that? >> hit it, he does. the skydiver injures his arm, and eventually loses his arm. >> he must be crazy. a cameraman captures the shot of a lifetime, but does he live to see it? april 20...

It was -- >> tell us about finally you clear the box. >> first of all, i didnt know where i was. because im used to jumping over the drop zone. so i left the box and just pick a direction because i didnt want the box anywhere near me. when i opened my parachute and made sure that was good, and then i looked around where everybody else was and i watched the box. i was hypnotized watching the box fall. it was like 25 years ago. same thing happened. i watched the box fall. >> is that the moment you...

Figure i should just land there yes. >> plans to land 80-yards ahead of his intended target until a sudden burst of wind knocks him back on course. >> all of a sudden i got a big gust of wind from my backside. almost like a downdraft was just pushing down on me. >> ferguson is heading directly for the trailer parked inside the drop zone which is used to pick up jumpers once they land. >> i got fixated on the trailer and when you get fixation nine times out of ten you will hit what you are trying...

Less than an hour after his first parachute problem, theuma and scott head to the drop zone at 14,000 feet. then they jump. its captured on a video camera attached to his left hand. >> we fall perfectly. >> at 5,000 feet he releases the main parachute. for the second jump in a row, surprise. theres a problem. again, there are tension knots in his lines. he tries unsuccessfully to clear them. after falling for over a thousand more feet. he knows he has to turn to his reserve. >> sort of looked fi...