It looked like a scene from a superhero movie, but this was real life. Antti was falling, arms spread, enjoying the feeling of flight. He didn’t look scared. He was laughing.
But his friends were laser-focused. They had to do the impossible: chase down a falling object, get close enough to touch him, and grab him.
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The problem was the weather. They plunged into a thick layer of clouds. Visibility dropped to zero. “I can’t see him!”—that is the scariest thing you can hear in a situation like this.
They lost visual contact. Seconds were ticking away. The ground was rushing up to meet them at breakneck speed.
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