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>> 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...

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 alan had a knife that was already in his rig. it was kind of like on his harness right here. but it was plastic. i bought him a better knife. it was just a present to my buddy the day before. >> with his new knife, alan finally frees himself of both chutes. now in free fall, he has less than ten seconds until impact. >> we were under 1,000 feet. i saw the pilot chute come out. that was it. he pulled out of that at about 700 feet. >> with little time to spare, he coasts to a l...

>> 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 old 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, but he has a bigger concern. >> i didn't know if my gear had been damaged. my pilot chute or some othe...

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 was like freaking out. i just threw my pilot chute as fast as i could. >> but it isn't fast enough. alex hits the ground traveling more than 100 miles per hour. >> ...

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 old 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, but he has a bigger concern. >> i didn't know if my gear had been damaged. my pilot chute or some other part of my gear could have been opened at that point and i w...