Previously, I mentioned that Michael Holmes, a skydiving instructor managed to survive a 12,000ft drop in New Zealand after his parachute failed. Now, DailyMail has just released an incredible video clip of his ordeal.It's the most gut-wrenching, mesmerising and shocking clip of video footage imaginable.
Shot from the tiny camera in the helmet of champion skydiver Michael Holmes, it records with chilling clarity what happened when he plummeted 12,000ft to earth.
There is the moment when he tugs his ripcord and discovers his parachute won't open. There are the frantic efforts to release it, made as he spins so fast that movement is almost impossible.
There is his attempt to release his reserve parachute - and the horror as he realises that, too, has become entangled above him.
Just 550ft above the ground, he waves goodbye to the world and screams a last message into the camera's microphone, resigned to a horrific death. Moments later comes the sound of the sickening impact - and then blackness.
Michael's friend, who jumped from the same plane, also filmed the whole event. He found his pal bleeding and unconscious - but alive.
Watch the video from DailyMail after the jump.
Video: DailyMail
Source: DailyMail
Image: MSNBC
Tags: Michael Holmes | Skydiving | Alive | Parachute | Video
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