The passengers were trapped upside down on a swinging pendulum ride called AtmosFEAR, and some were even contemplating their 'last words.'
A group of 28 thrillseekers were left dangling upside down with a head rush on Friday when an amusement park attraction inThe passengers became stuck on a swinging pendulum ride, called AtmosFEAR, at the century-old Oaks Amusement Park just before 3 p.m. local time.
Portland Fire & Rescue said its team worked with Oaks Amusement Park engineers to manually lower the ride and free the trapped passengers. They also prepared high-angle ropes in the event that the ride could not be lowered.Portland Fire is working with park engineers to manually lower the ride, if possible, and are also preparing the high angle rope rescue team to affect rescues with the ride stuck, as is, if they are unable to manually lower the ride.
“People were crying,” she said. “They were just putting into the universe what they wanted to say for their last words.”Oaks Amusement Park has expressed gratitude for both their park guests and Portland’s first responders.
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