22 people left hanging in mid-air for two hours on an Arizona roller coaster

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A breakdown Saturday on an Arizona roller coaster left 22 people
hanging sideways 20 feet above the ground for about two hours, firefighters say. “There were a lot of kids on there that were really terrified,” rider Christopher Almarez told KSAZ. The 5:30 p.m. breakdown took place on the Desert Storm roller coaster at Castles N Coasters amusement park in Phoenix.

Firefighters rescued riders from the stalled coaster using extension ladders and a high-angle relay system, the Phoenix Fire Department reported on Twitter. No injuries were reported.

“It was pretty fun but scary,” Christina Almarez told AZ Family. The 13-year-old said she’d ride another roller coaster, but her 12-year-old brother, Joseph, wasn’t so sure.

“I almost fell,” he told the station. Riders said the roller coaster car slowed down on a horizontal loop, then rolled backward and forward before coming to a stop.

The cause of the breakdown remains under investigation, KNXV reported.

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[JoanofArgh]

1. Omg, my worst nightmare. I'd be terrified that the car would fall off the tracks.

[PoliticAverse]

2. Do they charge extra for that? n/t

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3. "It was pretty fun but scary," Christina Almarez, 13-years-old said

[kimbutgar]

4. I was on a roller coaster that stuck on the tracks once

Luckily they were able to reverse the cars and I was only stuck for 30 minutes going upwards.

A big guy in front of me was freaking out and getting hysterical.

[maxsolomon]

5. You pays your money and you takes your chances.

They all probably got free passes to come back.