Eight Rescued After Roller Coaster Gets Stuck 100 Feet in the Air at Texas Pleasure Pier
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Francesca Regalado
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Summary
A roller coaster malfunction at the Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier in Texas left eight riders stranded nearly 100 feet in the air on the Iron Shark roller coaster for approximately four hours. Emergency crews conducted a rescue operation, and all riders were brought down safely with no injuries reported.
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There were no injuries, the authorities said.
A roller coaster with eight people on board got stuck almost 100 feet off the ground in Galveston, Texas, on Thursday, prompting an hourslong operation to bring the riders down.
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