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Didnt release. >> lyons sees hes made a mistake, connecting the line to the glider. he cant fix it now. >> i look, and theres a pin that does the release, and the pins off to the side, and its not released. and now im in trouble. >> harold johnson watches from the ground. >> i couldnt figure out why he wasnt releasing it. kept telling myself, release, release. >> instead, the tow line acts like an anchor, pulling lyons down to earth. >> went vertical down. and -- which ive never seen happen befo...

Down to earth. >> went vertical down. and -- which ive never seen happen before. thats when i knew that he was in trouble. >> what do i do now? so im doing this, i kick my legs -- harold, im in trouble. >> johnson releases a switch to let the line run out like a fishing reel, buying lyons a few precious seconds which could have been used to cut the line and release his hooked glider. >> we all have a hook knife. and thats for cutting lines when you need to. and for whatever reason, i didnt try t...

And release his hooked glider. >> we all have a hook knife. and thats for cutting lines when you need to. and for whatever reason, i didnt try to do that. >> he turns to his parachute instead. >> at that point, i was going parachute or die. that where they had told me and everybody else, this is what you do. >> he has trouble releasing the parachute, too. >> i was trying to fly with one hand -- mostly just keep myself in some semblance of order -- and pull with one hand. it didnt come out -- tha...