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Descent. >> it was beautiful conditions, and just felt like any other day. >> but you wouldn't be watching this on caught on camera if it any other day. >> things started to go wrong very soon after i activated my main parachute, like almost immediately. >> holmes parachute fails to open properly. >> immediately i started spinning out of control. >> for holmes, this actually isn't cause for concern. it's happened to him eight times before. yes, eight. like all sky divers, he has a reserve parachute. >> i thought oh, it's no big deal. the main parachute is not functioning right. i will get rid ...

Don't know how i did get here after what happened. >> tremble suffered a bunch of cuts and bruises after his plane slammed nose first in the ground and the 87-year-old pilot's wife was also there watching in horror from the ground. the sky diver had just jumped minutes before with eight other sky divers and was just feet off the ground and presumed soft landing when suddenly that turned to near death. >> as he flew straight towards me, toyed make some quick decisions and try to make myself small by balling up. i tried to speed up my flight of my parachute to get out of the way. but unfortunate...

Decisions. and obviously it didn't pan out the way i wanted it to. i was hoping to miss it, but i didn't miss the trailer. >> april 30, 2011. high above colorado's fremont county airport sky diving instructor tommy ferguson is preparing for his third and final jump of the day. >> i had already put out two loads of students. the day was going great. this was my third jump that day. i tell the other two jumpers that i will film them coming out. >> ferguson gets out on the strut of the plane to capture the other sky divers as they jump nearly 4,000 feet to earth. >> i just let go of the aircraft ...

Strapped to her back, because remember, the jump that got her in trouble in oklahoma was a solo jump. airplane because you can do so by yourself in that state so long as you have parental consent and complete a class. most states like here in texas require sky divers be at least 18 and encourage you to do a tandem jump on the first try. there they were in skies of oklahoma her father first, she went second we know what happened next. >> i remember everything until i remember getting in the plane and feeling that rush of excitement. and i remember jumping out of the plane and looking up and see...

Strapped to her back, because remember, the jump that got her in trouble in oklahoma was a solo jump. airplane because you can do so by yourself in that state so long as you have parental consent and complete a class. most states like here in texas require sky divers be at least 18 and encourage you to do a tandem jump on the first try. there they were in skies of oklahoma her father first, she went second we know what happened next. >> i remember everything until i remember getting in the plane and feeling that rush of excitement. and i remember jumping out of the plane and looking up and see...