on the rear deck, george and gerta walton were approaching the front of the line.harness from the start. >> it was scary because we've never done something like that before. i have no option. >> then diver paul wiley beckoned and george and gerta crawled over, wiley struggled to get them into the double harness. >> you've got the harness over me and then he tried to put it around george's shoulder and it was a battle because it was shorter than george. >> suddenly the boat swayed to one side and it was tightening the line. the helicopter guy thought we were ready that that was the signal. >> so he lifted us, and as soon as he lifted us i felt that george was very heavy. >> as he began to rise, gerta could tell something was wrong. >> and he said to me, i'm not in the harness, i'm going to fall down, i said you're not going to fall down. you must go up with me. >> from the deck, paul could see that george was starting to slide. the angle was such that neither the pilot nor the engineer in the chopper could tell what was going on beneath them. >> they were way up and