Quickly blossomed like an open canopy, which is the word skydivers like to use instead of parachute. At the tiny airport in superior, wisconsin, amy and chad were joined by a gaggle of Close Friends ranging in age from 23 to 64. The weather had been so horrid for the last almost month. We kind of just said the weather looks like it might be jumpable. The 11 friends gathered at skydive superior, a familyrun outfit with more than 50 years experience. Skydive bases like these are called drop zones, and the circle of friends in this one had a common bond. The adrenaline rush skydiving brings. Linnea is a single mother of two. Nobody takes on skydiving without thinking about the danger. So take me through your thought process, especially considering you are a single mom of two kids, 10 and 6. Yeah. I thi them all the time, the danger is there. But its the same amount of danger that anyone would have getting in your car and going to work. Do you worry before you head over to the drop zone on
Went down with the plane. Lost everything. I think im just assuming that everybodys dead. Because really, who survives that . Youre excited for one miracle. Youve got 11 plus. Im lester holt and this is dateline. Tonight, a story you have to see to believe. Two planes packed with skydivers collide in midair. What happened next was all caught on helmet cams worn by five of the skydivers. Tonight, the video you havent seen, the stories you havent heard. Heres matt lauer with miracle on the sunset dive. It happened in the skies over a middle american landscape dotted with small towns, tall forests, and red barns, lapped by the waters of the continents largest lake. Above superior wisconsin and neighboring duluth, minnesota, where winter is closing in fast and where two small planes closed in even faster. [ screaming ] they were terrifying seconds, frozen in time for those who live through them. The entire disaster was captured on video. The survivors themselves still cant believe it happe
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