Skydiver slams into Virginia Tech scoreboard, dangles by parachute

Retired Army Special Operations Master Sergeant Pasha Palenker has more than 700 jumps under his belt, but only one has ended with him hanging from a jumbotron. There were unexpected windsheards that just came out of nowhere. He was one of three skydivers performing before the football game at Virginia Tech Saturday. An unexpected gust started to push me backwards. He felt a gust of wind and made a split-second decision. It looked like I was going to land on the crowd, which could have been pretty dangerous. At that point, the safest thing for me to do would be to cut away the flag, but then again the flag would fall and hit the fans. So then I looked to the field that was right outside the stadium, and that's where my plan was going to go. And as I was turning to try and go into that field, another windshear came in and just slammed me into that jumbotron. Palenker hanging from the screen for about 20 minutes before first responders were able to rescue him. He hurt his shoulder, but is otherwise okay. It's not the first time that I walked away from something that I shouldn't have. While serving in the Army, Palenker received a bronze star for stopping a suicide bomber, saving the lives of 17 soldiers. He says he was forced to medically retire as he struggled with PTSD and found a new calling in skydiving. It's a ton of pride for me to fly an American flag into an event with thousands of people watching us do that. Reena Roy, ABC News, New York.