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UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (WJZ) Tense moments at Six Flags after a high-speed roller coaster suddenly comes to an abrupt stop in the air, trapping dozens of passengers for hours.
Rochelle Ritchie has more on the dramatic efforts to rescue riders.
Twenty-four riders, 17 adults and seven children, were stuck on the ride for five hours. The good news they are all safe.
A dramatic turn of events at Six Flags America after dozens of thrill-seekers found themselves stuck on the Joker s Jinx roller coaster after it came to a sudden and jolting stop.
Around 2:30 p.m., several people, seven of them children, boarded the ride with no idea they would end up on the ride for more than the one-and-a-half minutes.
They are in a divot of the track, so they are in a place where they can t really go forward or backward without power, said Prince George s County Fire Chief Marc Bashoor.
At first, I think everybody was OK. And then as the sun baked on them, I am sure folks started getting more antsy about being up there, he continued.