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>> their team has been jumping out of planes all morning. on their fifth jump of the day, they decide to ratchet up the adrenaline to try one of the most dangerous formations a flock can perform. its called the stack. >> its when you get a number of wing suiters actually flying one over top of the other. you can only see whats in front of your eyes. so you have a hard time seeing the people behind you. you have to rely on those people to do the right thing and not fly into you. definitely, a lar...

Okay. >> 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 tumb...

Was killed around -- nicolas ivy was killed around 2:00 a.m. today. he joined the border patrol four years ago and leaves behind a wife and two daughters. shoot og cured south of tucson near the border town that is close to state route 80 which connects to interstate 10 which is why this is active drug smuggling corridor. when the acts responded the gunmen opened fire. ivy you on horseback was killed. another agent shot twice is in stable condition. a third was not wounded. border agents are typ...

>> gretchen: good morning. its tuesday, august 14, 2012. im gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time with us today. while you were sleeping, big breaking news from the campaign trail. they didnt make mitt romneys cut for vice president, but these two guys, governor chris christie and senator marco rubio, both busy writing big speeches this morning. find out why. >> steve: and he did make the cut, but who is paul ryan? youre about to meet his brother and one of his teachers, a teacher, by t...

>> adrian "wildman" thuma is a sky drive instructor who takes people on jumps in australia. on january 12th, 2007, hes getting ready to head up again and joking from behind the camera with his next passenger scott. >> ready to go? >> im set. >> did you see my last one? >> no. >> good. >> good because it hadnt been perfect. that was when thuma got the first surprise of the day. his main parachute developed a tension knot in the lines. >> so the lines have slack in some stage. so they went through...

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 i remember was i said, well, if i turn now, i could actually do what we call a hook turn...

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 damaged. my pilot chute or some other part of my gear could...

Flock can perform. its called the stack. >> its when you get a number of wing suiters actually flying one over top of the other. you can only see whats in front of your eyes. so you have a hard time seeing the people behind you. you have to rely on those people to do the right thing and not fly into you. definitely, a large risk whenever a stack goes wrong. >> but all seems okay on exit. team leader scott bland points the flock towards the drop zone as scotty burns and another wing-suit diver sh...

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 trailer. and when you get fixation, nine times...

Looking straight at my face that nothing else was wrong. so at that point, i knew i was okay. >> 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 ai...