8 Students Rescued From Texas Roller Coaster After Ride Stops Nearly 100 Feet in the Air
Firefighters used a tower truck and safety harnesses as seven riders were removed and one remained aboard, officials said.
- On Thursday, the Galveston Fire Department rescued eight people stranded on the Iron Shark roller coaster at Pleasure Pier after the ride malfunctioned during its initial ascent.
- Terry Turney, COO of Pleasure Pier, said the ride experienced a malfunction during its initial ascent but stopped automatically as designed to protect guests.
- Rescue crews evacuated passengers one by one using safety harnesses and a ladder truck that reached a maximum 105-feet in the air. No injuries occurred.
- By 9 p.m., all eight riders—reportedly Houston STEM students on a senior trip—were safely removed. Fire Chief Mike Varela praised the crews for their trained response.
- Pleasure Pier will conduct a thorough inspection of the Iron Shark before returning it to service. The exact cause of the malfunction remains unclear.
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8 People In Texas Had To Be Rescued After Being Stuck Precariously On A Roller Coaster 100 Feet In The Air For Four Hours
Firefighters had to rescue eight people on Thursday after they dangled for hours 100 feet in the air at the top of a stuck roller coaster at the Pleasure Pier in Galveston, Texas. At around 5:30 p.m., the eight people, all students in the Houston Independent School District, got stuck on the Iron Shark ride at Pleasure Pier, facing straight up into the sky at the peak of the roller coaster’s ascent. After they got stuck, Pleasure Pier called the…
Roller coaster horror: 8 students rescued from ride in Texas' Pleasure Pier after dangling from 100-foot drop
Eight students were left stranded nearly 100 feet in the air for almost four hours after the Iron Shark roller coaster at Galveston’s Pleasure Pier malfunctioned. Firefighters safely rescued them one by one using a tower truck.
GALVESTON. – Eight students were trapped for almost four hours on a roller coaster in Galveston, Texas, after a failure forced the game to stop at about 30 meters high, just before one of its most pronounced falls.The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon on the Iron Shark roller coaster, one of the attractions of Pleasure Pier, when the group, made up of students from Houston, was suspended at the initial ascent of the route.According to loca…
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