Liz Mills

And in like a manic frenzy, I pulled the video up on my computer, and I just imagined if I hit play, would I regret it?

Would I just be screaming at the screen, William, pull the parachute earlier.

Pull it now.

It's now or never.

You've got to do it now.

I hit play.

And the video was nothing like I expected.

It was really cool.

I saw from his vantage point, being at the top of the mountain, looking around at some of his great friends, he was saying, I love you, man.

How epic is this?

He was doing high fives and everything.

I saw as he brought his toes closer to the edge, and then he jumped.

And for 45 seconds, when I was watching the video, it was the two of us looking at this incredible escape ahead of us, this valley.

It's beautiful.

We looked to the left and to the right, and we took it all in, and I understood it.

I mean, why stand at the tippy top of the Alps looking out on a vista when you can fly over it and behold the world like entirely on your terms?

William

started base jumping when he was in a really bad place, and it was a hobby that became a passion, and a passion that turned him into the best version of himself.

It was a part of the way he healed from bouts of tremendous depression throughout his life.

So William's final gift to me was he showed me a way that