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>> the entire pyramid collapses and two skydivers end up in a treacherous tangle. the unlucky man who gets wrapped up is brian scott's friend. >> it was alan and he's one of my best friends in the world. i got right on it and started spiralling two of them. it kind of looked like a bi-plane. it was two parachutes like this together. >> chutes that are tangled can't fly properly. they are 9,000 feet above the ground. and the other man's chute is 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 o...

Going to make it. i had never seen anything that violent before. i knew we were getting quite low and i could see the numbers on the runway. i thought he was the way i watched him through this ordeal. >> with the lines twisted so thick and tight, alan's problems go from bad to worse. his knife breaks. alan reaches for another 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 alan had a knife that was already in his rig. it was kind of like on his harness right ...

Down. that's really the way i felt as i was watching him through this ordeal. >> with the lines twisted so thick and tight, alan's problems go from bad to worse. his knife breaks. alan reaches for a second knife which he wouldn't have been carry 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 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 kn...

>> it was alan and he's one of my best friends in the world. i got right on it and started spiralling two of them. they were in a wrap. it kind of looked like a bi-plane. it was two parachutes like this together. >> chutes that are tangled can't function properly. now both sky divers spin out of control, 9,000 feet above the ground. and allen has another problem. the lines of the other man's chute are wrapped around his neck. >> it's what we're called a wrap. your parachute is open but someone else's parachute is wrapped around you. in that case, the person who has the parachute wrapped and yo...

>> with little time to spare, alan coasts to a landing completely unscathed. luckily his reserve chute deployed, even though he was so close to the ground. >> we all gathered at the ground, and he was just laughing and carrying on. he was back up in the air that day. i mean, alan is just my hero. he never gave up for one second. >> the very next day, the team beats the world record for canopy formation. one of those skydivers? alan. coming up, rescuers spot a man whose time was running out. >> he was in the midst of it and i knew he want doing well. >> when "caught on camera: what went wrong...