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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 moment's notice, so you've got to be ready. you've got to be on the edge. >> stapleton is one of an elite g...

I'm at 1200 feet and i have got a few seconds to think about what is important and say good-bye. >> a fellow sky diver's cell phone records stapleton as he plummets to earth. hanson races to her friend. >> don't move, craig. don't 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? >> i'm allergic to penicillin and iodine. >> are you allergic to morphine? >> no....

>> today his partner is katie hanson. a daredevil in her own right. >> she won't be so intimidated that they can't think and can't 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 it's 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, they start their high-stakes s...

But he's losing all altitude, and hope, fast. >> now i'm 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 can't reach. >> i couldn't do it. >> fighting desperately for his life, stapleton is down to his last resort. >> i was 20 seconds from being laying dead in a field. i stopped doing what i was doing, and i fired my reserve. >> i w...

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 moment's notice, so you've got to be ready. you've got to be on the edge. >> stapleton is one of an elite g...