laverne and dennis go tumbling through the sky.ries to stabilize them, but something isn't right. >> i knew my top harness fell. i didn't know if it fell off, down or what, but i knew it slipped. that's all i knew. >> her jacket covers her face shielding her vision. >> i don't know what would have happened if i could have seen the shape i was in. probably was a blessing, actually. >> mcglynn has made more than 8,000 jumps and has never experienced anything like this. a nearby instructor is shooting the action. a desperate mcglynn hails him for help. >> i was aware of what was happening. i looked over at the camera guy, hey, i could use a hand here. the leg pads were coming down below the knees. we were able to get the leg pads down below the knees again. >> once her legs were harnessed, dennis pulls the rip cord thousands of feet sooner than anticipated. dennis and laverne grasp on to each other the entire ride down, locking hands for more than five grueling minutes. meanwhile back on the ground, everyone who's jumped after laverne

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southbound ramp to the walt whitman is closed, so you have to go further south, and flip the old u-turn laverne down there, at the delsea drive, katie. that's going to add some time to your commute this morning. >> i got something else, got something else that will add some time, of course that's the rain, and it continues to move in for us as we speak here. specifically, if you are going to be traveling, i would say specially like the pa turnpike, going westbound, you have got to go out into central pennsylvania for whatever reason, that will really slow you down. we have some very heavy rain that continues to roll that way. as well as another pocket, especially, just along kent county and sussex county border here, we look at future weather, you know, still location dependent, but will definitely be a pretty unsettled day around the region. i highly suggest an umbrella, even though you can see that the wet weather issues we have are somewhat scattered in nature, and, you know, these showers could come down very, very heavily at times. so, when it does roll in, it could drench you, you don't w

sister laverne would give me little star on my collar for the weekend. maybe little extra recess time? live look, the schuylkill expressway, we're looking good at the moment. coming into and out of philadelphia, no problems or delays at all here. take a look at the platt bridge, from the airport camera. the sun begins to rise over southwest philadelphia. and speaking of southwest philadelphia, how about south philadelphia. we got major water main break here, at the intersection of second and oregon in south philadelphia. right across the street, oregon, the main drag, second street, also, fourth street, obviously would be your best alternate. and the gang in south philly, you know what we have to do there, going around the block. we have jen on her way there, we will take you live pick as soon as she arrives, but second and oregon in south philly will be tough one this morning. of course it was a friday, a loft folks headed to the shore. remember, crunch time. you want to be up and over the walt whitman bridge by 2:00 in order to be delay free, the expre

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