Jack Laurence

From the very beginning, though, it appears that there are just so many sliding doors moments before he would make that jump.

Another thing Brad said that he struggled with mentally after his accident.

So many sliding doors moments.

It's insane, really.

Brad and his instructor are now in what they call free fall.

Now for a 15,000 foot jump, this can last between 60, 70 seconds.

And after that, the ripcord is pulled to release the chute for anywhere between a two to 10 minute ascent to earth.

And everything was going to plan until Brad looks over his shoulder.

As they were to pass through 4,000 feet, Brad's instructor, a veteran of over 2,000 jumps, pulls the chute, and as it opens, it tears, with the remnants of it now violently flapping in the wind.

When jumping from a plane, you have two chutes, your main chute and a reserve, of course, for moments where the main malfunctions, or in this case, tears.

However, as the reserve chute inflates, it would become entangled in the remains of the main chute.

It's an insane amount of thoughts to be going through your mind.

To think that, you know, obviously by the sounds of it, you remember every moment of this whole entire, there's no point where you blacked out or anything like that.

You just remember everything vividly.

Even more incredible that one would survive this accident let alone two.

As the golfers weighed into the water one would hold Brad's instructor's head out of the water while another held his hand to try and reassure him that help was on the way.

Not only was help on the way but so was Brad's family.

Of course, Brad's entire family had been eagerly awaiting his landing at the drop zone.

His sisters, mum Julie, dad Brian, nieces and nephews, and of course his new boyfriend.

They would quickly realise that something was terribly wrong with mum Julie running inside the shed where the organisers were and begging staff to tell her what had happened.