friend's birthday when they took the balloon ride. espn's colleen dominguez has the story. >> reporter: for the first time, in an exclusive interview with espn, the nfl's donte stallworth is talking about the hot air balloon accident that left the wide receiver and his friend, soleil guerrero, with serious injuries after both were electrocuted when the balloon's basket struck power lines. it all started on on a quiet, sun-drenched saturday morning in march, just south of miami. >> very quiet. very peaceful. it was a nice day. took a lot of pictures. >> there is the man. the pilot. the man. >> see what happens. flight is not over yet. >> reporter: for over an hour the flight was uneventful. but when the pilot told them they couldn't land at their expected location, things quickly took a turn. >> i began to become concerned when i was looking back behind me and i saw that we were getting really close to the