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>> december 13th, 2006, new zealand. sky-diving instructor michael holmes is on his fifth jump of the day. he has a camera built into his helmet to capture first-time sky divers as they make their 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 were 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 c...

Egyptian reality show that had her thinking that she was on a small plane, that she was crashing. they were all actors on board. they had two guys that were sky divers out the door. i love this video. a little 4-year-old girl flying in the backseat of her daddy's small plane. her name is leah. the dad is the president of quebec's aviation club and he took her out and she absolutely loved it. it is the best thing a dad can do. >> pr advice for paris hilton when a egyptian reality show calls, no thanks. my friend got his wish to go to the super bowl.

>> i released my end of the flag so the problem became just craig's, and then i started just following him down. >> stapleton manages to free his arms and release the flag. but he's losing all altitude, and hope, fast. >> now i'm down to one problem. i have a malfunctioned parachute. sky divers are trained from jump one how to deal with a malfunctioned parachute. you reach down and pull the handle and release the parachute. >> the handle is jammed, so the only way to release the chute is to cut it free. but he is spinning so violently he can't get to the knife in his leg pocket. >> i put part ...

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 the nearly 4,000 feet to earth. >> i just let go of the aircraft and wa...

>> stapleton manages to free his arms and release the flag. but he's losing all altitude, and hope, fast. >> now i'm down to one problem. i have a malfunctioned parachute. sky divers are trained from jump one how to deal with a malfunctioned parachute. you reach down and pull the handle and release the parachute. >> the handle is jammed, so the only way to release the chute is to cut it free. but he is spinning so violently he can't reach. >> i couldn't do it. >> fighting desperately for his life, stapleton is down to his last resort. >> i was 20 seconds from being laying dead in a field. i st...