Riders react to being stuck upside down on Oaks Park Amusement ride

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Published 2024-06-14
Officials evacuated a Portland amusement park after a ride got stuck upside down Friday afternoon.

The ride is at Oaks Amusement Park and is called "AtmosFEAR," and it left 28 riders stranded for about 25 minutes, according to park officials.

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All Comments (21)
  • @trevorjensen2706
    That certainly had to be pretty terrifying. The good news is the over the shoulder restraints kept the riders in place.
  • @2AFARXDEUX
    It’s not the upside down part that is so terrifying. It’s the upside down while dangling 100 feet up in the air thats excruciatingly frightening. 15 minutes for the fire truck to arrive? Thats like taking 3 business days when you have dozens of people hanging upside down on a malfunctioned amusement park ride.
  • @Samstone7
    What went wrong? What went right was the momentum of physics went perfectly well for balancing.
  • @doct0rnic
    Refunds? They're gonna get sued for sure
  • @jasonbridgman1334
    Imagine being stuck up there and having to go to the bathroom And you have an accident
  • @monkeymonkey8526
    This is not the first time one of their rides malfunctioned. Thank goodness no one was seriously injured or died.
  • @wheelmanstan
    the good news is these people definitely re-evaluated their lives while up there, must have been hell, especially for the older folks, painful, shout out to the firefighters!
  • @l1z4rdon7
    I used to be a ride operator, my only idea as to how it happened is that either the power got cut or the emergency stop was activated at the perfect and worst time possible, but the actual root of this weird behavior would have to boil down to ride maintenance. I’m surprised that gravity didn’t tilt the arm back into the correct position, so something was forcing the arm to be stuck that way. Anyways, I’m glad that everyone made it out ok. The human body isn’t built to withstand being upside down for a long period of time, so they all got very lucky.
  • @MilePost106
    One reason I never went on rides. Anything can happen at any time.
  • @Stopstaring101
    2:58 - I mean, the male here may have had some type of actual damage done to his bladder or other area due to this situation. He literally said that he could not pee and that it hurts. NOT good. So yeah, old and broken down… They’re never gonna be able to withstand a blow like this… Because people will definitely sue for sure.
  • @TheCommunicationCoach
    MASSIVE lawsuits coming to a court near you! We don't go to Oaks Park as it's old and worn down, and this just confirms our fears.
  • @t.j.7789
    Can someone explain to me how they got down??? Did they need to cherrypick each person or did the ride start working???