SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NJ - MAY 26: People enjoy a ride at an amusement park during Memorial Day weekend on May 26, 2019 in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer and this year New Jersey has banned smoking and vaping on nearly every public beach under tougher new restrictions. (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)
Guests at an amusement park were stranded upside down after a ride malfunctioned on Sunday, July 5. Terrifying footage captured people suspended mid-air on the ride in Ocean City, New Jersey.
Video captured guests visiting Playlands Castaway Cove at the Ocean City Boardwalk in Ocean City, New Jersey, stranded upside down on the ride Wipe Out.
CBS News shared the footage via guest Caitlin Gulli, and it shows the riders dangling in the air as a crowd looks on. Furthermore, one rider is heard screaming in the video as the ride sits motionless.
“Get me down!”
A woman yelled back, “You’re alright, honey. You’re alright.”
Additionally, the riders were stuck on the amusement park ride between 5 and 7 minutes. Not only that, but Gulli told ABC7NY Newsthat it was the second ride to malfunction that night.
“This was the second ride that evening that had malfunctioned,” she said. “So I was very concerned about the safety of my three children, who were all riding rides that night.”
People responded in the comment section after the video made the rounds on Instagram, and they were shocked by the terrifying footage. In addition, folks also had jokes.
Instagram user @sofiaurbanheatwave replied, “this bg song is killing me ‘i can lift you up’ .”
@michael_troy_brown noted, “Youre alright honey? Youre on the ground- youre the one whos alright! .“
@travelling_wm added, “‘Youre alright’ they didnt stub their toe mom.”
User @lovelylindalady replied, “I would be screaming just like that person. And I would definitely scream Im not alright.”
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The man was in Phoenix at the Castles N’ Coasters amusement park riding the Desert Storm roller coaster, and footage showed him climbing off the rollercoaster as it moved.
All of the sudden, the man noticed his lap bar was unlatched. As soon as he noticed, he jumped out in the nick of time, as the ride had already begun moving.
“We start the climb, and you hear the click of the chain of the normal roller coaster,” the man said. We get just about to the top and I hear a click different from the click of the chain taking us up and so, I checked my lap bar one last time and it released….I had mere seconds to act on whether I stayed on or got off.”
Furthermore, video showed him climbing down the roller coaster catwalk as the ride continued. Additionally, the rideÙs operator never noticed the man until he reached the ground.
