4 parachutes

5 people are on an airplane, the president, the vice-president,
the smartest man in the world, the oldest man in the world,and a
little boy. the airplane is going to crash and there are only 4
parachutes. The president says.."Well the nation needs me so
i'll take the first parachute" and he jumps out of the plane.
Then the vice-president says "well if the president's shoot
doesn't open then the nation needs me." so he takes the second
chute. then the smartest man in the world says..."I am needed to
solve the math problems of the world" so he takes the third
shoot. The the oldest man in the world says little boy take the
last chute i've lived a long life, then the boy says ...."wait
we can both go the smartest man in the world took my backpack."