Here's a video of a guy who jumped out of an airplane without a parachute. It's been done before -- a long, long time ago -- but that guy wore a parachute harness, and he was passed a front-mounted reserve in freefall which clipped onto his harness and was deployed in the regular manner. Nothing really dangerous about that, if the skydivers are skilled. I understand there was a second guy also carrying a spare reserve parachute in case something went wrong with the first transfer. They had plenty of altitude and accomplished the transfer with thousands of feet to spare, and the guy deployed at 2,000 feet as normal. (When I say "nothing dangerous," the only dangerous part is you've only got one parachute and no backup in case the first one malfunctions, so that's dangerous.)
This one's different. The guy isn't wearing a harness -- nothing but shorts and sneakers. The guy he's jumping with takes an alarmingly long time messing around with what must be some harness-like piece of equipment our hero is wearing around his waist, so that the two guys are holding onto each other as the single parachute is deployed. (Poor explanation, but watch for yourself):
Here's another web page, entitled "How To Survive Falling From A Plane Without A Parachute! DEBUNKED":
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