As fun-lovers gear up to go on roller coasters this summer season, an incident at a Portland, Oregon-based amusement park has left riders and the internet weary. Footage from June 14 of 28 AtmosFEAR riders at Oaks Park showed them stuck upside down 99 feet in the air for nearly thirty minutes. According to the amusement park, the ride malfunctioned shortly before 3 p.m.
Riders were frighteningly stuck upside down while the ride was in its “apex position” when it abruptly stopped working. They were on the 360-degree cycling version of the ride — which also offers a “180-degree ride for a pendulum experience.”
First responders reportedly got to the scene around 3:20. The park claims riders were returned to the ground “within minutes.”
Oaks Park’s X account additionally revealed that those suspended in the air received assessments from the Portland Fire & Rescue and the American Medical Response.
“One rider with pre-existing medical conditions was transported to the hospital for further evaluation, out of an abundance of caution. All other riders were released by medics to go home with their families,” the park noted.