22 people were rescued after being trapped in a roller coaster

This weekend, about 22 people had a real moment of panic during a roller coaster at the amusement park Castles N ‘Coasters in Phoenix (United States), she found herself stranded six meters from her sleep, leaving them trapped in the height.

The events happened at 6 p.m. on Saturday and triggered the performance of the city’s fire crews, who had to deploy a rescue operation to lower those trapped. Fortunately, everyone was unharmed.

Investigators said the Desert Storm roller coaster cars stalled and passengers were trapped about 6 meters high in a horizontal loop. It is not known what caused the roller coaster car to stall. Firefighters installed what is called a high angle belay system to lower all trapped people. Each person was put on a special harness with a collar to bring them safely to the ground. Firefighters said it took about 90 minutes to get everyone to safety.

According to those who boarded the ride as the ride circled the horizontal loop, it stopped moving and then backed up. Then it moved forward again, then back until it came to a complete stop. For 12-year-old Joseph Almarez, it was a terrifying experience. “I almost fell”, He said. They said it was not easy to get out of the car because they were tilted. “It was scary because we didn’t go down a ladder. We had to jump from ladder to ladder ”, Joseph said. When asked if he would ride a roller coaster again, he replied, “Maybe”.

His sister Christina had a different experience. “I was on the edge of the tilt, so there was nothing below me,” He said. However, the rescue was not so bad for her. “It was quite fun but scary,” said the 13-year-old. He said he would ride a roller coaster again.

The amusement park has been around since 1976 and originally started out as a miniature golf course. There are two roller coasters there, Desert Storm and Patriot. Desert Storm has two loops and is the most popular.

In the midst of this terrifying moment, the passengers of this roller coaster have to thank their luck, because in other similar incidents around the world, those trapped have had a much harder time getting back to land.

But for example, a few weeks ago in the UK, a group of adrenaline fanatics got a little more than they bargained for when “The Big One”, the country’s tallest roller coaster located in Blackpool Pleasure Beach, got stuck with them atop their 213 feet (65 meters).

The event had no fatal consequences of death or injury, but in order to be rescued people had to get out of the cart, walk along the rails from the heights and then descend one by one down a huge staircase that from the top of the roller coaster leads to me usually.

The Big One was at the time (1994) the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world, topped years later by the Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey, which is twice its height. A place where no one would certainly want to get trapped.

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