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Knife, which he wouldn't have been carrying that day if it hadn't been for his friend brian scott. >> the day before, i went to the pro shop and bought him a metal hook knife. and i think allen had a knife that was already in his rig. it was kind of like on his harness right here. but it was plastic. and i bought him a better knife. just a present to my buddy the day before. >> with his knew knife, allen finally frees himself of both chutes. now, in freefall, he has fewer than ten seconds until impact. >> we were under 1,000 feet. then i saw a pilot chute come out and that was it. he had pulle...

Another flier's wake. >> i started to see zach slightly move backwards. i went, oh, no. don't do that. >> he's dropping like a bowling ball and slams right into the back of bland's legs, sending the base of the stack into a free fall. it's a scary moment, but bland recovers quickly. scotty burns, with his camera still rolling, dives to check on his friend. >> i flew over next to him and gave him an okay signal. he had a big ol' smile on his face and kind of a look like what the heck was that? >> and i know what he interpreted as a smile was a grimace, but that i said ouch. >> bland is hurting,...

>> if you don't pull your chute in time, you're going to hit the ground. that will make it dangerous. >> simply jumping off a bridge isn't insane enough for alex so he decides to make things a bit more interesting. >> i tried to do a front flip half twist into a back flip for my first jump at like 5:00 in the morning. i was barely awake and just not coherent with myself. >> alex's fancy flip work costs him more time than he can afford. he can't deploy his chute in the four-second time limit. and now he's deep into the danger zone. >> he just died. >> the ground was coming up really fast, and i...

>> if you don't pull your chute in time, you're going to hit the ground. that will make it dangerous. >> simply jumping off a bridge isn't insane enough for alex so he decides to make things a bit more interesting. >> i tried to do a front flip half twist into a back flip for my first jump at like 5:00 in the morning. i was barely awake and just not coherent with myself. >> alex's fancy flip work costs him more time than he can afford. he can't deploy his chute in the four-second time limit. and now he's deep into the danger zone. >> he just died. >> the ground was coming up really fast, and i...

Before he has to pull the rip cord. >> if you don't pull your chute in time, you're going to hit the ground. that will make it dangerous. >> simply jumping off a bridge isn't insane enough for alex so he decides to make things a bit more interesting. >> i tried to do a front flip half twist into a back flip for my first jump at like 5:00 in the morning. i was barely awake and just not coherent with myself. >> alex's fancy flip work costs him more time than he can afford. he can't deploy his chute in the four-second time limit. and now he's deep into the danger zone. >> he just died. >> the gro...