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A sky diver is running out of time, and altitude. >> i could see my altimeter going into the red zone. >> the only two things that separate him from almost certain death. >> this was 100% unprecedented for me, and unimaginable. ♪ >> the parachute center in encampo, california, is open for business, weather permitting, 365 days a year. world championship sky driver greg stapleton has more than 7,000 jumps under his belt. >> everything can happen in a split second. it can all change in a moments...

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...

>> 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 free. but he is spinning so violently he cant reach. >> i couldnt do it. >> fighting desperately for his life, s...

>> 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...

A sky driver is running out of time, and altitude. >> i could see my atti meter going into the red zone. >> the only two things that separate him from almost certain death. >> this was 100% unprecedented for me, and unimaginable. ♪ >> the parachute center in encampo, california, is open for business, weather permitting, 265 days a year. world championship sky driver greg stapleton has more than 7,000 jumps under his belt. >> everything can happen in a split second of it can all change in a mom...

People on the planet who do 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. stap em ton has done this stunt they are about to tackle before, but its the first time for hanson...

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 n the most delicate part of the maneuver, they separate, and start to unif you recall 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, porschely collapsing his parachute. >> at first im thinking oh...

Craigs and then i started just following him down. >> stapleton manages to free his arms and release the flag. but hes losing all the attitude, 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 free. but he is spining so violently he cant reach. >> i c...

Is so tangled it cant help the primary chute slow down his 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 plumts to earth. hand ton races to her friend. >> dont move, craig. dont move. >> i was 1700% sure that he was dead. >> hanson drops her helmet cam to the ground. what is your name. >> craig stabel on the. >> where are you? >> the drop zone in the [ bleep ] wine field. >> amaz...

0 marathons return has been all about. the whole city overcoming the worst and getting back to its best. one step at a time. tom foreman, cnn. >> admire those people a lot. thats it for be. thanks very much for watching. ill be back 5:00 p.m. eastern in "the situation room." "newsroom" continues right now with brooke baldwin. its called a virgin tax. nl rookies shelling out big bucks, part of a hazing ritual. but in one locker room, did it go too far, sending one player over the edge? >> im br...