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Dropping him out of there. they're just turning around the plane. we hear them flying above and they're going to be lining up the plane to get it going against the wind so when they drop him out, if he does get out of the casket, the wind will help bring him back to the area where we are and he will be able to ideally land in this field they have cleared out for him, rather than out in the trees or cornfield. >> shepard: we'll in theory be able to see all this, correct? reporter: we will. there's a nice big opening we have been looking for and we have seen the plane circling above, and when th...

Scene. skydiving escape artist guy, he has a par chute on his back. >> he does. they put the parachute on him just before he got in the coffin and hooked him up to the handcuffs and chains and closed the door and locked it and all that. >> shepard: handcuffs and chains. soundses like a bad way to go. what is it inside you, jason, that makes you want to do these things? >> well, for me, it was definitely about conquering fear. addressing the feeling that we don't live forever. and knowing that death is inevitable. not something that we -- we don't do this to -- we're not fans of death, obviousl...

For ten or 11 days. >> shepard: you mean what happens when you die in a hypothetical afterlife or -- specifically what does he mean? reporter: getting people to think about the purpose of life, and why it is we're here, and what it is we do with our time while we're here. >> shepard: i tell you, my purpose is not to jump out of a plane. but there are plenty of people who do that, and i always admired president bush 41 who did that all the time until his 80th birthday. but mr. danger there, jason escape, just seems like there are a lot of places where this could go wrong. i wonder what effect t...

Reporter: that man was a sergeant and got away that day without a scratch. he has since retire from the u.s. army, partially because he says of the ptsd he suffered from living through the incident. the judge said this court-martial could take months, but we have seen the proceedings go very quickly today. we're just going to have to wait and see what remains to be -- what else pans out as we get underway this afternoon after the lunch break. >> shepard: we'll look for that. the former judge advocate general, or jag, lisa winsor, currently a military defense attorney, stationed at fort hood an...