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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...

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 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 didn't come out -- that's not working. pull with two hands -- oh, you've got to pull up, not down. >> the glider is dro...