The tension took hold for more than half an hour, when the game was stuck.
June 15, 2024, 08:41 a.m.
The visitors remained face down on the heights for half an hour. (Video: TikTok/@chrisxryan)
Amusement parks can be exciting but also very scary. It turns out that attractions are sometimes risky and if they fail they can put the lives of visitors at risk. That was what happened in the Oregon’s Oaks Amusement Parkin United States.
At least 28 people had to be rescued after hanging upside down for half an hour in one of the games that suddenly stopped working. The incident occurred this Friday and medical and fire personnel had to intervene.
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The Portland Fire and Rescue Department worked with park engineers to manually lower the attraction, as reported in a statement released by the social network X. However, they had prepared the teams in case it was necessary to carry out a rescue with ropes.
In the same writing, they said there were about 30 people on board the game. But a statement from the park stated that at the time of the incident there were 28. Visitors They remained suspended in the air face down for approximately half an hour.
The attraction failed and at least 28 visitors were suspended in the air. (Photo: Portland Fire and Rescue Department)
After being rescued, they were treated by the medical team and none of them reported injuries. Only one had to be taken to the hospital for further evaluation, as a precautionary measure because he had a pre-existing medical condition.
The chilling video of people suspended in the air
A passenger who was aboard a Ferris wheel next to the ride that presented the failure, witnessed the moment in which people were left face down in the heights and decided to film a video that he later shared on his social networks. “This is terrifying. “They’re just going to close the park.”wrote Tiktok user @chrisxryan.
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The attraction that failed is named AtmosFEAR, composed of a play on words: “atmosphere” (atmosphere) and “fear.” The game works like a pendulumand at one point it can leave the passengers completely face down, but immediately it must move again, this time, it was stuck in that position.
So far it has not been revealed what will happen to Oaks Park, the iconic amusement center that opened its doors in 1905, after the incident that put the lives of at least 28 visitors at risk.
