It was a typical May morning, the sky was clear and the sun was shining.
Everything was normal at the Naval Base on North Island, California.
At 10 a.m., Lt. Walter Osipov boarded a DC2 transport plane to supervise a routine parachute jump demonstration.
Lt. Bill Lowry, on the other hand, was already aboard his observation plane (it was a separate plane) while John McIntyre was inspecting his plane in which he was to fly shortly.
But this afternoon, the three of them reconnected through an amazing event in history.
Walter Osipov was an expert parachutist and had jumped more than 20 times before that day, May 15, 1941.
This morning his DC2 flew daily to the area called Kirani Mesa where he was to supervise the parachute jump of his 12 subordinates.
In addition, canvas cylinders, rifles and ammunition were on board, which was part of the exercise.
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Nine people jumped when Walter Ospinov, standing a short distance from the door of the plane, began pushing the last cargo container out.
Somehow the automatic release of his parachute backpack got stuck in the cord cylinder and his parachute exploded and came out.
They immediately tried to grab something but the plane jerked and it was so powerful that the cracked parachute detached from the body and went out.
The parachute spun around the wheel of the plane outside, while a part reached Walter's ankles and he went 12 feet below the plane and 15 feet behind the tail, but the parachute wrapped around his left leg prevented him from falling to the ground.
But with that in mind, he refrained from opening the emergency parachute because he realized that doing so would split his body in two.
The crew inside the plane was struggling to save Walter, but he could not be reached.
The plane ran out of fuel, but the emergency landing resulted in Walter's death, and the pilot had no radio contact on the ground.
To get the attention of the people below, the pilot decided to take the plane down and began circling around the North Island, where the men at the naval base realized the situation a few minutes later but found no one but a man. The luggage is hanging.
Meanwhile, Bill Lori took off his plane and headed for the office when he looked up.
He and John McIntyre, who worked closely together, saw one person hanging out of the plane at the same time.
Lori yelled at John McTains to tell him if we should help and he was ready.
Bill Lowry asked the mechanics to get the plane ready for takeoff, and at the time he didn't even know how much fuel it had.
The two had never flown together before but were determined to make the impossible possible.
He did not have time to contact the commanding officer and ask for permission to fly, and he simply asked for a green light.
At the last minute, an officer came running with a dagger to cut Walter's rope.
When the plane took off, it was as if all activities in San Diego had stopped, ordinary people gathered on the roofs, children stopped playing, and everyone's eyes were fixed on the sky.
Within minutes, Bill Lowry and John McIntyre reached the bottom of the transport plane from which Walter was hanging.
Bill Lori and his partner made five attempts to reach the plane, which was flying at an altitude of 300 feet, but they were unable to help Walter because of the wind.
Since radio communication between the two planes was not possible, Bill Lori signaled to the other pilot to move forward with a hand signal where the wind was clear and they reached an altitude of 3,000 feet.
The second pilot straightened the plane and adjusted the speed to 100 miles per hour to match the speed of the other plane.
Bill Lori then walked over to Walter and John McIntyre was in the back seat, noticing that Walter was hanging from one leg and bleeding from his helmet.
Bill Lori took the plane close to Walter and was so careful not to touch Walter on the plane.
So they got closer to Walter, and John McIntyre lifted the rear cockpit, at which point the plane was traveling at an altitude of 3,000 feet above sea level at 100 miles per hour.
John McIntyre grabbed Walter's back while Walter wrapped his arms around John.
John McIntyre pulled Walter into the plane, but since it was a two-seater, there was a problem with where to place Walter.
He spread Walter's body on the surface of the plane while placing his head on his lap.
Because John McIntyre was holding Walter with both hands, he could not cut the parachute strap, causing Bill Lori to move his plane closer and closer.
Walter was then miraculously cut off using the wings of his plane, and after 33 minutes between life and death, Walter was released.
Bill Lowry's plane came so close to the other that the exploding parachute detached and landed on his plane.
Because Walter's body was out of the plane and it was not easy to control the plane, Bill Lori somehow managed to land.
Walter fainted, and after lunch Bill Lowry and John McIntyre returned to their normal duties.
Walter spent six months in hospital after the incident and returned to parachute jumping after recovering.
