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Didn't release. >> lyons sees he's made a mistake, connecting the line to the glider. he can't fix it now. >> i look, and there's a pin that does the release, and the pin's off to the side, and it's not released. and now i'm in trouble. >> harold johnson watches from the ground. >> i couldn't figure out why he wasn't 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 i've never seen happen before. that's when i knew that he was in trouble. >> what do i do now? so i'm doing this, i k...

Down to earth. >> went vertical down. and -- which i've never seen happen before. that's when i knew that he was in trouble. >> what do i do now? so i'm doing this, i kick my legs -- harold, i'm 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 that's for cutting lines when you need to. and for whatever reason, i didn't try to do that. >> he turns to his parachute instead. >> at that point, i was going parachute or di...

>> lyons reaches over to release the tow rope, but nothing happens. >> i pulled it, and it didn't release. okay. pulled it again, didn't release. didn't release. >> lyons sees he's made a mistake, connecting the line to the glider. but he can't fix it now. >> i look, and there's a pin that does the release, and the pin's off to the side, and it's not released. and now i'm in trouble. >> harold johnson watches from the ground. >> i couldn't figure out why he wasn't releasing it. i kept telling myself, release, release. >> instead, the tow line acts like an anchor, pulling lyons down to earth. >...