The rescuer made a sharp dive. He swooped under Antti and grabbed the harness belt on his waist. Click! The carabiner locked.
Antti wrapped his arms tightly around his friend. In that split second, the rescuer pulled the ripcord. The parachute opened with a loud crack, violently braking their fall.
[readalso]
They dangled in the sky, swinging under the canopy. Antti was laughing and screaming with joy. He had just survived what would have been certain death for anyone else. “I trained for this for a whole year!” he later admitted to reporters.
[readalso]