Claims that a woman who was saved from a stalled roller coaster due was suing the firefighter who helped her circulated online in early June 2026. Users on social media shared a video claiming that a ...

Eight riders were stranded nearly 100 feet in the air on Thursday evening after a roller coaster in Texas stopped during its vertical climb. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get ...

Eight people trapped 100 feet in the air were rescued after four hours of being stuck on a Texas roller coaster in a harrowing ordeal. The fire department was called after riders were stuck facing ...

GALVESTON, Texas — An hours-long ordeal for a group of HISD charter school students stuck 100 feet in the air on a Galveston roller coaster ended Thursday night safely. It happened on the Iron Shark ...

GALVESTON, Texas - All passengers who were stuck on a roller-coaster on Pleasure Pier in Galveston, Texas, have been rescued. Some of those passengers were stuck on the roller-coaster for well over ...

The riders waited for about four hours, facing up, on the roller coaster at the Pleasure Pier park in Galveston. There were no injuries, the authorities said. By Francesca Regalado See more of our ...

GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Crews rescued eight students who were stuck for hours on the Iron Shark roller coaster at Pleasure Pier in Galveston on Thursday. SkyEye13 showed riders being rescued from a ...

GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A harrowing high-wire rescue mission to extract eight students who were stranded 100 feet midair after a Galveston roller coaster malfunctioned made national headlines and ...

GALVESTON, TX -- Crews have rescued eight students who were stuck for hours on Pleasure Pier's Iron Shark roller coaster in Galveston, Texas on Thursday. SkyEye13 showed riders being rescued from a ...

A roller coaster in Galveston malfunctioned during a vertical climb, stranding eight students nearly 100 feet off the ground for hours. The Iron Shark roller coaster at the Galveston Island Historic ...

The roller coaster, one of the oldest in the country, was idle last summer but it is set to reopen on Memorial Day weekend after a major restoration. A $1.4 million modernization effort has the Dragon ...

Millions of people ride amusement park rides every year with few serious injuries—but experts say a few precautions still matter. By Sara Kiley Watson Published May 13, 2026 9:11 AM EDT Add Popular ...