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Terrifying Moment Base Jumper Plummets 900m After Parachute Tangles

A Brazilian base jumper filmed the moment he plummeted 900 meters on August 13, after his parachute became tangled. Carlos Souto Maior Filho told Storyful he was performing his sixth base jump up in Castelo Espírito Santo when the parachute 'malfunctioned.' The accident was captured on his helmet-mounted camera, with chilling footage showing the moment the parachute became twisted and dragged him down the rock. 'I am grateful for the quick action of the firefighters and rescue crews,' Filho said on https://www.instagram.com/p/DN0YBYLWlo5/ Instagram . 'They managed to rescue me quickly, giving me the first aid that was essential for my life. 'They took me to hospital, where I needed to have a drain put in my lung to breathe, as I had blood and air in my pleura … There are many people who were and still are essential for me to be here today … I have been learning that in life everything passes, the good things and the bad things, and this will be no different.' (Footage by Carlos Souto Maior Filho/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)
A Brazilian base jumper filmed the moment he plummeted 900 meters on August 13, after his parachute became tangled. Carlos Souto Maior Filho told Storyful he was performing his sixth base jump up in Castelo Espírito Santo when the parachute 'malfunctioned.' The accident was captured on his helmet-mounted camera, with chilling footage showing the moment the parachute became twisted and dragged him down the rock. 'I am grateful for the quick action of the firefighters and rescue crews,' Filho said on https://www.instagram.com/p/DN0YBYLWlo5/ Instagram . 'They managed to rescue me quickly, giving me the first aid that was essential for my life. 'They took me to hospital, where I needed to have a drain put in my lung to breathe, as I had blood and air in my pleura … There are many people who were and still are essential for me to be here today … I have been learning that in life everything passes, the good things and the bad things, and this will be no different.' (Footage by Carlos Souto Maior Filho/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)
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Storyful
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September 10, 2025
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Castelo, Brazil
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