once alan cut the line, the other parachute started spinning. it was no longer in a flight configuration. one side was cut loose and more and more got cut loose and spinning more and more. now it s wrapping alan s parachute lines up into a coil. alan s chute was spinning out of control and time was 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 toefr airport. 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
this is what we call a wrap. your parachute is open, but someone else s is wrapped around you. in that case, the person who has the parachute wrapped around you needs to pull and go freestyle. falling at nearly 50 miles an hour, the skydivers have less than two minutes before they hit the ground. the first guy breaks free, but his parachute remains behind and still 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 has only one option. cut the other skydivers chute line but as he does that it leads to yet another problem.
davis, california. a group of skydivers is determined to make it into the record books. their goal? build a 46 parachute diamond or canopy and then separate and land safely. it will hold eight more skydivers than the world s best of eight. this morning is their last test before the next day s big jump. skydiving cameraman, brian scott, tapes the practice session. the skydivers will use the tape later to analyze the jump. canopy formation is multiple parachuters flying in formation. the person on the top will grab the nylon on the parachute that docks on him, he will put a foot in the line and hold that parachute while someone else holds up the formation and you will form a diamond of
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 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 has only one option. cut the other skydivers chute line but as he does that it causes another problem. once alan cut the line, the other parachute started spinning. now it s wrapping alan s parachute lines up into a coil. did was tieing a rope. alan s chute was spinning out of control and time was 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 i could see the numbers on the runway. i thought he was going to go in. 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 another knife