Eight college students rescued from vertical lift in Galveston

Posted | Contributed by Jeff

The Iron Shark roller coaster stopped with eight people on board almost 100 feet off the ground at Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier on Thursday, prompting an hours long operation to bring the riders down.

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Normally I wouldn't post this sort of thing as news, but having to extract people with a ladder on a vertical lift is pretty exceptional situation. I would consider this nightmare fuel.

Jeff - Editor - CoasterBuzz.com - My Blog

I thought all vertical lift coasters had an elevator platform evac system? Is that specific to the manufacturer or an optional add-on with purchase?

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