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Wrapped around his neck. >> in that case, the person who has the parachute wrapped and you, they need to go into free fall and that takes the tension off. >> falling at nearly 50 miles an hour, the skydivers have less than two minutes before they hit the ground. the parachute remains behind and wrapped around alan's neck. >> the parachute's line has wrapped around him twice. the tension stayed on him when he cut away. the parachute was still partially opened and wrapped around alan so it was pulling those lines tight like a chinese finger trap. it sticks to you. >> with time running out, alan

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 fewer than ten seconds until impact. >> we were under 1,000 feet and i saw a pilot chief come out and that was it. he pulled out of that at about 700 feet. >> with little time to spare, he coasts to a landing completely unscathed. luckily his reserve chute deployed even though he was so close ...

Leads to, yet, another problem. >> once alan cut the line, the other parachute started spinning. because it was no long her a flight configuration. one side was cut leak and more and more was cut loose. now it's wrapping alan's parachute lines up into a coil. it was tying a rope. >> alan is spinning out of control and time is running out. >> i didn't know if alan was going to make it. i had never seen anything that violent before. i knew we were getting quite low and we were right over the airport. and i could see the numbers on the runway. i thought he was going to go in. i watched him throug...

And the other man's chute is wrapped around his neck. >> this is what we call a wrap. when your parachute is opened and someone else's parachute is wrapped around you and they need to put their release handle and goes free fall and that takes the tension off. >> falling at nearly 50 miles an hour, the skydivers have less than two minutes before they hit the ground. the first guy manages to break free. the parachute remains behind and the lines are still wrapped around alan's neck. >> the parachute's line has wrapped around him twice. when can other guy cut away, the tension stayed on him. the ...

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