Two strangers become dangerously close after witnessing a deadly crash. On a gorgeous cloudless day a young couple celebrate their reunion with a picnic. Joe has planned a postcard-perfect day in the English countryside with his wife. But as Joe and Claire prepare to start out a bottle of champagne, their idyll comes to an unexpected ending. A hot air balloon drifts into the area, obviously in trouble. The pilot catches his leg in the anchor rope, while the sole passenger, a boy, is too scared to jump . Joe and three other men rush to secure the basket. But fate has other thoughts...