but the pilot, elliott rappoport, doesn't believe luck had anything to do with it. >> the training that had, i believe, is what saved my life. had i not had that, i probably would have spiraled down and crashed. >> rappoport and the two passengers suffer the same spinal cord injuries. a crushed l-2 vertebra, with one significant difference. >> the passengers recovered completely from the injury. and being a little bit older, my injury continued after the fact. and i was never able to get into an airplane again. just pleased that i had the training that i did have, and i was able to come out as a whole person. >> did you get that? >> yes. >> coming up -- >> i started to see zach slightly move backwards. i went oh, no, no, don't do that. >> midair collisions and miscalculations send daredevils dropping from the sky. >> you can wind up with closing speeds in excess of 200 miles an hour. >> plummeting 6,000 feet into a frozen wilderness. i felt like i was about to die because 60 feet is not enough for my parachute to open. [ kate ] many women may not be properly absorbing the calcium they t