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Land it. meanwhile, the skydivers follow their training and try to fly themselves out of the way of the debris and each other. they track away as they have practiced in the past. they lie flat to gain speeds of more than 100 miles per hour. >> its confusing. you know that theres debris above you so theres risk of debris falling on you. my reaction was to get as far away from the collision as possible to make sure that my parachute opens in as clean airspace as possible but also trying to make su...

Happened to catch me at the wrong time. i had to make some really fast decisions. and obviously, it didnt pan out the way i wanted it to. i was hoping to miss it, but i didnt miss the trailer. >> april 30, 2011. high above colorados fremont county airport sky diving instructor tommy ferguson is preparing for his third and final jump of the day. >> i had already put out two loads of students. the day was going great. this was my third jump that day. i tell the other two jumpers that i will film t...

An international team of skydivers took a world record to you could say new heights. 164 brave jumpers built the largest-ever vertical skydiving formation on friday. you see it here. holding together a giant flower. for several seconds. lets watch this. before they all broke away. it took the team 13 attempts to beat the 2012 record that was set by 138 other skydivers. thats amazing. we leave you with that and we thank you for watching this hour of "cnn newsroom." im george howell at the cnn c...

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, stapleton is down to his last resort. >> i was 20 seconds fro...

I think that this is definitely its a good thing for the transgender community and for lgbt people overall and america. i think it just shows we are a lot more multifaceted and diverse and wonderful as human beings just -- i think it just shows more of the view of the american people and how diverse we are. and at the end of the day how accepting we really are. freedom and liberty is what we stand for. >> kristin beck thank you so much. we appreciate it. >> an enlightening conversation there. ...

>> december 13th, 2006, new zealand. sky-diving instructor michael holmes is on his fifth jump of the day. he has a camera built into his helmet to capture first-time sky divers as they make their descent. >> it was beautiful conditions, and just felt like any other day. >> but you wouldnt be watching this on "caught on camera" if it were any other day. >> things started to go wrong very soon after i activated my main parachute, like almost immediately. >> holmes parachute fails to open properly...

Egyptian reality show that had her thinking that she was on a small plane, that she was crashing. they were all actors on board. they had two guys that were sky divers out the door. i love this video. a little 4-year-old girl flying in the backseat of her daddys small plane. her name is leah. the dad is the president of quebecs aviation club and he took her out and she absolutely loved it. it is the best thing a dad can do. >> pr advice for paris hilton when a egyptian reality show calls, no tha...

>> 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 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 ...

And obviously, it didnt pan out the way i wanted it to. i was hoping to miss it, but i didnt miss the trailer. >> april 30, 2011. high above colorados fremont county airport sky diving instructor tommy ferguson is preparing for his third and final jump of the day. >> i had already put out two loads of students. the day was going great. this was my third jump that day. i tell the other two jumpers that i will film them coming out. >> ferguson gets out on the strut of the plane to capture the othe...

>> 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...